d now in command) were wounded near Clapham Junction in the Krithia
nullah.

By 11 o'clock "A" and "B" Companies were installed in the Eski line to
the east of the nullah, with Battalion Headquarters on the inner flank,
while "C" and "D" (now under Captain T.A. Fyfe and Captain R.H. Morrison
respectively), with the Machine-Gun Section, occupied the line west of
the small nullah. The trench between the two nullahs was in ruins owing
to shell-fire directed against a battery behind it.

Indeed the whole position, though more than 1000 yards from the firing
line, was a particularly unhealthy one with so much desultory fire going
on in front. All the stray bullets seemed to drop in the vicinity and it
was obvious that the Turk, taking advantage of the observation which his
higher position yielded him, had in addition rifles or machine-guns
trained on it. Occasional bullets, for instance, kept plugging into the
ground beside Headquarters' dug-out. One of these imbedded itself in a
box which was being carried in by an orderly. After that anybody passing
in or out moved, as the Colonel described it, with a well assumed air of
having something to do in a hurry.

During our seven days here, the Battalion sent forward double parties of
about three officers and 100 men each for night work in No-man's Land.
They were extending No. 7 sap through the Vineyard, and digging across
it a new trench, which was afterwards known to fame as Argyle Street.

It was at this time that the Colonel initiated a morning conference with
company commanders, which met at Headquarters at 9 a.m. daily. It
afforded an opportunity for an exchange of views upon the various
questions affecting us and saved much correspondence, rendering the
issue of formal Battalion Orders unnecessary except for special
operations.

Preparatory to our taking over the trenches in front, Major Findlay,
Captain Morrison, and Lieut. Leith spent the night of 11th/12th August
in the Vineyard sector. About 7 p.m. on the 12th, however, the Turks
started a determined attack on the Vineyard, and succeeded in recovering
from the hardy Lancashire territorials most of the ground they had so
gallantly captured on the 6th. During this action the Battalion "stood
to," and "A" and "B" Companies moved forward to the Redoubt line for
eventualities. They returned the following morning, and in the course of
the same day the Battalion took over the firing line to the right--that
is from the s