t across the nullah, and we ourselves extended
F12A and F12 down to the bed of the stream as a first step towards
joining up with the Horse Shoe.

Over forty Turks were buried at this time between F11 and F12. F11
itself was so densely packed with corpses that it had to be filled in.

After dark on the 17th, "B" Company, now commanded by Lieut. N.R.
Campbell, relieved "A" in the Horse Shoe. "A" had several casualties
during its tour of duty there, some men having been hit in the trench
itself, others while going back for water.

On the west side of the nullah Pte. A. Heron was killed, and the bombers
holding the barricade which had been thrown up on the 12th had
casualties also. Our snipers gave a good account of themselves, one
having seven observed hits to his credit and another five on the same
day. There was a well about 400 yards off, round which occasional
parties of Turks could be easily observed until they realised that the
recent advance had exposed the place to our view.

On July 18th, "A," "C," and "D" Companies were relieved by the 6th East
Lancs, and painfully dragged their weary way back to rest. The journey
of less than three miles took us fully four hours, for we were all
pretty well played out after nine such days and nights as we had just
come through, and the scorching heat necessitated many a halt by the
way. How we revelled in that drink as we paused at Romano's Well!--the
only spot on the Peninsula where we could get a draught of real, cold,
unchlorinated water!

About 6 p.m. we reached our destination, a series of holes in the ground
lying between the Pink Farm Road and "X" Beach, and about a mile behind
the Farm itself. The Quarter-Master, Lieut. T. Clark, and his satellites
had a good meal of hot stew and potatoes ready for us, and lots of tea,
after which we stretched our blankets on the ground, lay down and fell
asleep.

It was not till 5.30 next morning that "B" Company rolled up, absolutely
"cooked." They had not been relieved until 2.30 a.m., the Lancashires
not having considered it safe to move up their company until a
communication trench, on which we had been working for some days, had
been completed.

CHAPTER IV

GALLIPOLI (_contd._).

The Battalion remained in "Rest Camp" for twenty-one days.

The words "Rest Camp" conjure up a mental picture of shady trees and
green, close-cropped meadows sloping to a winding river, of ordered rows
of tents or huts, of a place whe