“ I woke up about 5 a.m. to find bullets whizzing about overhead. Turkish snipers were getting busy on our left, from the hills overlooking the beach. I had a wash in the sea, and breakfasted on bully beef and hard biscuits. Scores more wounded men came in during the morning. Some of them were in horrible condition, having been lying out since the previous morning without getting any attention. My friend Bob Watson was killed as he was bringing a message from the firing line.”
[Chamberlain p10]
Robert Watson 12/483, Private, Auckland Regiment, DOW 26/04/1915
“… news from Turkey is rather, more exciting. The Allies have now landed three bodies of troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula, one being already close to the narrow isthmus which joins Gallipoli to the mainland. No doubt this Expeditionary Force is strong enough to render the Turkish positions along the Dardanelles untenable, and as soon as the troops landed are able to co-operate in a conjoint attack, we can be sure that the defence of the Dardanelles will not be sustained long against the persistent attack of the Allied fleet.”
[Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 98, 26 April 1915, Page 4]
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