r Beach.

H.M.S. "Goliath" was sunk by a torpedo at the mouth of the Dardanelles
at 2 a.m. to-day; 200 are said to have been saved which means a
death-roll of 500 or 600.

We hear that one, if not three, German submarines have passed Malta.
The big fleet lying off the coast has always been brilliantly lit, but
to-night all are in absolute darkness, except the hospital ships which
are still showing their long rows of green lights.

_May 14th._--The shelling we got yesterday has made us all think, and
we all set to to-day and dug ourselves in deeper, the wagons going to
Sedd-el-Bahr and bringing beams and boards from the ruins, and with
these we are to make roofs strong enough to resist splinters. By 3
p.m. some of us had nearly finished and were getting disappointed that
our funk holes were not being put to the test. By 4 o'clock we got
more than we wanted, then before 5 one of our aeroplanes came to grief
immediately behind us. Then commenced a terrible cannonade on this new
target, and one big shot alighting just inside the entrance of one of
our operating tents it was blown into tiny shreds, and ten stretchers
were riven into matchwood. Strange to say, although this was in the
middle of our camp not a soul was injured. The excitement was of
course great, every little bit of shell and every tatter of the tent
were carefully gathered to be kept as souvenirs. Three men and a
number of horses had been killed in the afternoon's work. Many of the
shells to-day were bigger than usual and some think the "Goeben" is
the culprit. She could easily fire from the Dardanelles over the east
ridge of Achi Baba.

_May 15th._--A quiet day in camp: little firing by either side; three
"Black Marias" reached us--no damage; a Taube fired three bombs--still
no harm. Rumour says one of our flying machines reports the Black
Maria gun was silenced by our fire, and her ammunition blown up this
afternoon. Her last shot was at 1 p.m. and it looks as if this might
be true.

By evening rain clouds appeared in the north and I have been preparing
my dugout for a wet night.

_May 16th._--We have just returned from church parade which was held
at 9.30, amidst a continuous rattle of rifles to the front, the
booming of howitzers on the right and left, while just behind us lay
the "Swiftsure," which had evidently got word in the middle of the
service to open fire on some particular spot. Her guns roared till the
concussion made the leaves of