Fri. May 7^th/15. Everything practically quiet during the day. We made an advance about tea time. I, & about 50 others, got cut off from the regt, & had a very hot time, as we were only about 100 yards from the Turks trenches. We held on to a gulley, when the Turks started working round our flanks, trying to surround us. We had to retreat & make a run for it. We had no idea where our trenches were, as by this time it had got dark. I kept on running back, under heavy rifle fire from the rear & both flanks, untill I eventually fell into a trench occupied by a New Zealand regt. I asked them where my regt was, but they could not tell me, so I remained with them during the night. Sat. May 8^th 1915 The Turks made an attack on the N. Zealanders trench today, so I had no chance of finding my own regt. I chimed in with the N. Zealanders during the attack, which we easily repulsed. Sun. May 9^th/15. Everything quiet, except the snipers. After dinner (?) time I retired back to the next line of trenches, where I found the Essex Regt. I asked their C.O. if he could tell me where the Hants Regt were, but he did not know, so I was in a fix again. About dark, a message came through that the Hants were in the next line of trenches (reserve) so I retired back untill I came across them, where they had given me up for lost. They had had a mail up in the firing line during my absence, & had written "missing" on all my letters, & sent them back to the base (I recovered them before they left the Peninsular) Just after I rejoined my regt we had orders to retire for a rest; after fifteen days in the firing line. We retired back just behind some of the French 75's. They shook the ground every time they fired but we were so tired that we dropped off to sleep in spite of the roar of the guns. Mon. May 10^th 1915. We are well out of rifle fire now, & can walk about & cook our meals in safety. I had my first decent wash, since landing, today (but am still "itchy koo") We had a roll call this morning. There are only about 150 of us left now out of 1200, including officers, non-commissioned officers, & men. We have only 3 officers left; 1 captain & 2 lieutenants. My company officer (Capt Wymer) is in charge of the regt (?)