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digging holes for those that get blown out – We had none hit yesterday – a record thank goodness – owing to a little more care being taken & the sniping not quite so accurate. – – – – –
Yesterday I handed over the Regt. for a time to Major Reid & went with Capt Lawry & Clark down to the beach for a swim. Met several friends in several garbs on the way down – – – –
The beach is [indecipherable] wonderful – although every day they are shelled & men get killed, the place is alive with men carrying stores, sorting out equipment & arms gathered in the hills & gullies from the dead, sailors off the ships, Indians with mules going to & fro, Turkish prisoners allowed to bathe as a necessity – just like Manly with the exception of the feminine side. There is only a narrow strip some 40 ft wide of stones & then the hills.
We had a splendid swim – no fear of sharks, sandy bottom, & felt much cleaner. As we are short of water here we are not allowed to wash – but have sufficient for shaving & teeth: there should be more after this rain.
The valley is not echoing today with the crack & rattle of rifle fire & bombs & we are going deaf with the stillness – its so funny & we still shout at each other to cover up the tragedies with the extreme of mirth.
The next two Brigades, (the same arm as ourselves) have just arrived, & their worst shock while dojding from barricade to barricade up our valley, is the mortuary which is at the bottom of poor B Sqdn Lines.