Mon April 26^th 1915. We made great progress today, with few casualties, driving the Turks back & destroying their forts. Snipers are still a great danger. They sometimes remain in their positions all day without being discovered. They paint their rifles & faces to match the ground, & it is very hard to find them with field glasses even. We had a narrow escape from artillery fire at dusk last night. We had formed up to take over another line of trenches, when all at once the Turks opened fire on us, & we had to scatter back into our original trenches. Wed. April 28^th/15. The enemy did not trouble us much last night. They came up to our trenches once, just before dawn, but we made it too hot for them. There are dozens of tortoises here, about 9 inches long & 5 inches wide. We had one in our trench today, & was going to keep it for a mascot but we had to quit the trench in a hurry. The Turkish artillery have actually got the correct range today, & are dropping their shells straight into our trenches. They have completely shelled us out, & we had to retire right back to the beach. Here we formed up again, & made an advance on the village of Krithia, which is situated on some high ground to the left of Achi Baba. The advance was made under very heavy artillery fire. The shells were bursting & ploughing the ground up all around us. Several times stones & bits of rock struck me & I thought it was a piece of shell or shrapnel. We advanced to within a few hundred yards of Krithia, under terrible fire, when we could get no further, owing to lack of ammunition & reinforcements. We had to beat a hasty retreat, under the most terrible fire imaginable. The air was simply full of lead. Our troops were terribly cut up, & our casualities were very heavy. It was a day I shall never forget. Thur. April 29^th 1915. We are still in our advanced trenches, in sight of Krithia & Achi Baba, which is strongly fortified by the Turks. Their guns are on rails, & disappear down tunnels after firing. Fri. April 30^th/15. We still hold the same position as yesterday. The enemy has not troubled us much, except for occasional snipers, & we are getting used to them now. In fact, we jumped up out of our trenches today, & chased a rabbit; casuals nil, including bunny. I volunteered to go out as sniper today, as they asked the best shots to go out. I have to g out just before dawn, & take a day's rations & plenty of ammunition with me. I releive the man who has been there all night, & another releives me at dusk. We have to go right out in front of our trenches, & conceal ourselves & snipe any Turk who shows himself. The art of sniping is good shooting & the concealing of oneself, as there is not much chance for you, once you are spotted. The Turks generally make two or three attacks during the night. They are trying very hard to drive us back into the sea, but I think we have got too strong a footing on the Peninsular for that; with the navy to back us up. They don't like the shells from the Queen Elizabeth (Queen Lizzy) Sat. May 1^st 1915. We still hold the same line of trenches. The enemy still continues his night attacks, with many casualties to himself, & very few to us. Our guns gave him a good dose of shrapnel last night.