was only from a few snipers who had somehow got through our lines.

By daylight the weather got warmer, and except for naval firing the
29th was a day of rest. Whyte had been detached from the
stretcher-bearers before the landing and was in the tent-subdivision
that landed at W. Beach. He wished to have a little more excitement
and he and I exchanged places, I now joining Thomson at W. Beach.
Thomson, Whyte, and their nineteen men had done much work at the
landing and had a very hot time. After four days and nights of hard
work, although I could not say I was tired, I felt that a rest might
be advisable, but the thought of leaving the bearers, even for a day
or two, was depressing.

_April 30th._--A slack day in a way, although I have been on my feet
since early morning. A great number of shells have landed near our
camp at W. Beach at various times to-day, coming from Krithia or Achi
Baba. It is strange how many shells may land in the midst of closely
packed men and horses and little or no damage be done--but there are
exceptions.

In the afternoon a hostile aeroplane flew over us--not the first
time--which dropped three bombs at an anchored balloon we have
floating just off the coast. It missed and received a fierce cannonade
from a number of warships but escaped, apparently untouched, and was
able to report to the Turks that our landing places would make a
splendid target, and the firing, which had been fitful before, now
became continuous for a time. One man only was hit. About 12 yards
from the opening of my dugout one plunged into the ground with a
terrific crash. Thomson and I reconnoitred for a mile or so to the
north to view a spot to which we had been ordered to shift our camp,
probably to-morrow.

Last night, not being altogether in the open, I expected a comfortable
night, but it was intensely cold, as the nights here always are, the
very hot days making the cold noticeable. By day the sun is always
scorching hot, and I am absolutely nut-brown and my nose painfully
burned.

On all sides I still hear of fresh casualties. The battalions I have
been connected with have been nearly wiped out--the Munsters and half
the Dublins at V. Beach, the Lancs. and the other half of the Dublins
at W. Beach, and the Royals at X. Beach. Our total casualties are put
at over 4000. We must have reinforcements before we can do much more,
and within the next two days 20,000 are expected from Egypt.

Last night when some