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—————Sunday————- Left Isle of Lymnos at 9.30AM. The Cruisers Majestic & Triumph. Actually heard first guns in action. The 1st forces of the AIF landed in small boats & a most fright- ful bayonet charge into Machine guns & lines of Turks all along the beach. Heroic work took place here. This attack kept on. An advance is made over the cliff in bayonet charge The Turks curved back after killing & putting out of action hundreds & hundreds of men, if not thousands. All the afternoon & evening wounded are coming on board our boat. We have no room ourselves. Wounded men in all the troopdecks 1500 all told. Hosp. boat full & dozens of others (troopships) Firing continues all the night on the hills. Reports coming over Wholesale Murder.
