11th May 1915 (incl. 12th -14th May)
- Anonymous
- May 11, 2023
- 1 min read
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Hell! whats this. Boom! Bang !!?
Good heavens a great 8 “ Howitzer
shell fired by the Turks 5.45 AM
first shell. A great cloud of black
smoke followed by volumes of
white fumes. It came over the
top of the hill & landed right
on the roadway to the beach.
Averaging 1 every 5 minutes and
15 or so every morning noon
& Evening regularly for 3
days. The second shell
lands in the centre of the
AMC dressing station 100
yds from our temporary
dug out. Of course every-
body flew for their lives
up the valley where the hills
are higher & steeper making
it impossible for them to lob
there. Fortunate enough not one
of these two hurt anybody, but
the scatter & noise & confusion.
I cannot imagine how it did
not blow up the valley altogether
The third lands 25 yds from us. Hell’s
bells! “what a scatter, huge boulders
of earth fly in all directions &
everyone rushing behind barra
cades & under cover. Sure enough
we all are of the opinion that
their threat was coming true. Failing
to surrender in 24 hrs we would
be blown into the sea
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