About mid night on Sat. april 24^th 1915 we left Lemnos; all lights out & every one below deck. Before dawn on Sun. April 25^th 1915 we arrived off Cape Helles, Gallîpoli (Gal-lîp-o-li) We heard the Navy bombarding some hours ago. The flash of the guns was like lightning, & you had to shout yourself hoarse to make yourself heard above the roar of the guns. We had to stand off for a while, & wait untill the Navy had done a little more damage. It was fine, watching the shells pitch in the Turks trenches, & knocking down the forts at Sett-ul-Bahr. The five funnel Russian Battleship did some splendid work with her broadsides, both on Gallîpoli & the Asiatic side. We christened her the "packet of woodbines" on account of her five funnels. Our regt formed part of the 29^th Division. Half of our regt was on the "River Clyde" (Ship of Troy) which landed at Sett-ul-Bahr (V. Beach) under Colonel Carrington Smith (our Colonel) who was killed there, also the General & Brigade Major. Our half were on the "Aragon", & landed on W. Beach, under Major Leigh 2^nd in command 2^nd Hants Regt. We landed under heavy artillery fire. We had 6 of the "Aragon's" lifeboats, attached to a naval steam pinace, which towed us ashore. The ropes broke twice, & we had to turn about both times to pick up the stranded boats. The English, French, & Russian battleships kept up their bombardment on the forts while we were landing, & we could hear the shells screeching over our heads. We got within a few yards of the shore, & jumped out of the boats, up to our waists in water, & rushed up to the Turks trenches. We were lucky enough not to encounter any barbed wire, which the Turks in some places, had placed under the water as well as in front of their trenches. The navy are co-operating with us, & are acting as artillery to us, as we have no big guns ashore yet. The first landing party (Lancashire Fusiliers) were terribly cut up, having to charge a strong Turkish position three times before they could get a footing. The beach was swept by machine gun & rifle fire, & it is a wonder that anyone could have lived through it. A great number were either killed, wounded, or drowned, as the boats were being towed ashore. Every one grieved the loss of our Colonel. He was a splendid man, & anyone in the regt would have followed him anywhere. We soon had the Turks on the run at W. Beach, & we advanced as far as the ridge of the second hill; where we remained the whole of the day. A sniper was trying his hardest to put me on the casualty list, but he could not hit me, although some of this shots came a little too close to feel comfortable. We had few casualties in advancing, but the shore was strewn with dead & wounded. Some of them had their heads completely blown off & others had their faces blown away. It makes one feel sick at first, but in time we get used to it. We have captured several snipers, & killed a good many. We captured a young girl (about 18) who was out sniping (from Krithia) They are good shots. She had about 30 of our identification disc's on her. One sniper got behind our lines & lay in wait for the wounded, & shot them as they passed on their way to the dressing station on the beach. We caught him & gave him his deserts. We entrenched at dusk that evening (Sun. April 25^th/15) The Turks made four attacks on our trenches during the night; coming within a few yards in some places along the line. We beat them off on each occasion with heavy rifle fire.