e is
terribly depressed over the fight of the 6th when they lost 450 men.
They were held up by barbed wire in a charge and were shot down. I
have heard of three battalions that were left with only one officer
after that fight.

We are now erecting at the "two-gun fort" two naval guns of 4.7
calibre to reply to our Asiatic friends. It is supposed there are
three guns on the other side of the Dardanelles of 6-inch calibre.
These were carefully watched last night, and it was observed that the
flashes always came from different points, as if they were placed on
rails and were run sideways. This has long been suspected. These
"Asiatic Annies" have accounted for 120 Frenchmen within the last few
days.

Stephen and Thomson are out at the dressing station to-night. I have
been watching Jack Johnsons bursting in their neighbourhood.

We received four motor ambulances to-day to reinforce our mule-drawn
wagons.

_June 10th._--The dust storm continues, and some one has been
comforting enough to say that these storms often last for twenty-one
days. They are about as bad as the flies.

_June 11th._--Wind stronger than ever but the dust has been largely
blown into the sea. Towards evening it fell somewhat. The sea has been
too rough to get patients away from the C.C.S. to the hospital ships,
and we have had to relieve it by taking fifty walking cases into our
tents. All are very cheery, and I fancy most are looking forward to a
short holiday after their recent experiences. Some have not yet been
in a fight, some of the naval men who landed two days ago were only on
their way to the trenches when they were wounded by shrapnel, which
was showered on them plentifully from several points.

Stephen and Thomson had such a hot time at the dressing station that
they were forced to return to the Beach. There were eighty-eight
shells in their vicinity within an hour. About 2 p.m. when I went out
the Krithia road with several squads of bearers in answer to an urgent
but vain message, we were held up half a mile on this side of the
dressing station by a perfect tornado of shrapnel just in front of us.
I heard afterwards that the road in that part was entirely ploughed
up.

_June 12th._--A quiet day but full of rumours. Late last night we had
five Jack Johnsons with their terrific crashes, and in the distance
rifle fire went on all night. About 5 a.m. to-day a number of shells
landed among the shipping off our Beach. Due north abou