ed the worst cases, a very small proportion
of which returned to duty, although fatal cases were fortunately rare. A
much larger percentage of those affected were able to remain with the
Battalion and carry on their duties, though with temporarily impaired
energy and efficiency. The older N.C.O.'s and men, and the very young
ones, suffered most severely. The officers had no better fortunes than
their comrades in the ranks, and we lost several during this stay in
Rest Camp.

Lieuts. A.B. Currie and R.M. Miller had been sent to hospital while we
were still up in the trenches. Three more were sent off on 20th
July--Captain A. Dingwall Kennedy (our medical officer), Captain J.D.
Black and Lieut. L. MacLellan. Scarcely one of those who remained was
not affected to some extent. Captain Kennedy's duties were taken over by
Lieut. Downes of the 1st Lowland Field Ambulance.

General P.W. Hendry, our Brigade Commander, had been in indifferent
health since our arrival at Mudros on 1st July, but had struggled gamely
to carry on his duties. By the end of the month, however, it had become
obvious that his illness was gaining a firmer grip on him and the
doctors ordered him off the Peninsula. He went most reluctantly, and we
were sorry to part with him. We were exceptionally fortunate in the
officer appointed to succeed him, General H.G. Casson, who had been in
command of the 2nd South Wales Borderers (the old 24th) since the
original landing on 25th April, and whose practical experience of
fighting in Gallipoli was the best possible qualification for the
command of the Brigade in the work which lay before it.

During all this time the various Beaches and Rest Camps were regularly
shelled by the enemy's heavy guns on the reverse slopes of Achi Baba
and--with even deadlier effect--from the Asiatic coast. The beaches and
the roads leading to them over the ridge received most of this
unpleasant attention. We used to watch the big shells bursting over the
cliffs and wonder how life could be possible on the beaches below. Many
tales reached us of casualties in the administrative and non-combatant
services whose work lay there, and many of the marvellous escapes of
individuals. For instance, at Gully Beach on one occasion a surgeon was
blown to pieces, while the patient upon whom he was operating escaped
untouched. The roads were exposed over their whole length but certain
special points were usually selected as targets, and several high