8th May 1915 (incl. 9th & 10th)

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Still very quiet. Snipers are busy

picking our Mule drivers & Mules

off betn the beach & here up the

valley track about 1 mile long,

So all night long trains of

mules are carrying from

the beach ammunition

& stores off all kinds also

water & ammunition

Too much

din

with

rifle fire

& shells

bursting

all round

us to set mind

on writing

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Combined teams of men and horses labour to drag an artillery piece along the beach at Gallipoli

Reference: Australian War Memorial

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