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(1 did no t, know 8 bomb f rom an e r,g-f;he l l ); but nev erthe l ess I IJU I iii " bombe r " . 1
Clln reme:nber t hrovi ng one of t.ho ee "Lkt .t.Le devils" , but that vee three nu Iea be hind
the Lfne , I Rill not sure thli t it killed " oy Turk- - i t \l4S not very effective 8t
three mil es range .
Sna ke s and lizar d s we r e numerous, but ver y se I dcn troubled u s. Lar-ge c oveys
of vl1d geese frequently pa s se d over our trenches; both edd e e were usual l y potting
.t them, but I don ' t ever r-emember- se e i ng one of them dr-op , On a not .her- occa efon
an _l m.~e n s e vulturt" pat.rc dLed over u s ; i t WIil S sh ot at from 811 di r ections , but got
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J hen ou t of the line we uf'Uall y grabb ed ill e ve ry cha n ce to ge t do wn to t he
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--\:.each-iii-rid enjoya- f:vi mo__A _ s cli tt~r~ d_ s~ l l and a few bull ets ve r-e t he onl y
intruders , but t he y wer e not hot en ough to ea ke u s beat, i f . --
The artl11erlec' of .bot h armde e vere very moder -at e 10 their firing.
Tho Turk,
no dou bt , was gb d of the cha nce to spar e his ehe Lfs, and our boys dl~ not see any
fun in b'lovdng up hi s I dne s ...hen he ver y sel earn ret aliated . l 'he ships behind u s
In t he BIilY gave a demonsb r-ct I on now an d then j u st, t o let u s kncv the Kavy va s 6till
i n it.
That t he Turk ve s clean in hi s net.hods of va r c-f'ar-e t.over-de the J 'r-enc o-Br d'td s h
troops in Gall1po11 can be a acerbined Jr- c many of his l1t tle acte t .ovaz -de us .
A tale is told of lil Tur-kfsh arrpjene 581ling over our lines and dropping the
fo l l ovi ng ee ssage to our ar t i l l er ymen :
"Remove bi g gun from position near Red
Cros s Camps, or ve \Jill not be responsible for 8ny s he l ls bur-st.dng in mediclil lines" .
The gun WliI.S remove d . On an ot her- oc ceefon a message \JliI.S sent to t he r~liI.v8l eu t-hor'Lt-,
Le s de manding t hat dest royers keep well away from Hospi b l
Ships lying lilt anc hor
i n the Bay .
Dur 1ne the choker-a cu t -br-eak many Turks died, 61 nd their gr aves ver-e
IIlll.rked "Choker -a" i n English, so t hat Br i t ish troops advencf.ng ....ould keep of f t he