be held in reserve for the attack which was now in preparation.

During the night Lieut. W. Beckett reported some activity in No-man's
Land in front of "A" Company and invited the bombers to try their hand.
Now the bombers had received their first introduction to their
precarious weapons only 24 hours previously, when they took over from
the 7th H.L.I. a Garland mortar, a trench catapult and various crude
jam-tin and canister bombs of sinister aspect. Selecting the catapult,
which Lieut. Leith thought would be less dangerous to his team than the
mortar, they aimed as best they could in the dark, applied a canister
bomb to the pouch, lit the fuse and pressed the trigger. The shot was a
lucky one exceeding their highest expectations. It burst among a party
of Turks crouching in the open. Amid shrieks of "Allah!" survivors could
be distinguished making for cover. Immediately the Turkish line opened
up rapid fire, which was continued for about half an hour before things
settled down to normal again.

Our first week on the Peninsula was over. Casualties for this period
were: officers, one wounded; other ranks, three killed and twenty-six
wounded, of whom three subsequently died of their wounds.

CHAPTER III

GALLIPOLI (_contd._)--OPERATIONS 12TH-18TH JULY, 1915.

In the afternoon of July 11th the firing and support lines were cleared
for another bombardment, and later we were relieved by the 7th H.L.I.,
who took over our right sector, and the 5th Argylls who took over our
left. Enemy artillery gave us unpleasant attention, causing some
casualties before we had installed ourselves in reserve trenches
immediately behind.

In accordance with orders for the battle which was to be fought the next
day, "A" Company was moved into Plymouth Avenue in support of the 6th
H.L.I. on the extreme left.

There were to be two attacks against strong Turkish positions which had
already defied capture; the first in the morning by the 155th (South
Scottish) Brigade, from the right of the sector of trenches held by the
Lowland Division; the second in the afternoon by our own Brigade. French
troops were to push forward simultaneously with the first attack. The
156th Brigade--Royal Scots and Scottish Rifles, who had been so badly
cut up in the attack of 28th June--was to be Divisional Reserve.

Both attacks were to be preceded by a bombardment, and in each case
three lines of trenches were to be captured and the furthest line held