18th May 1915

A Turkish artillery shell bursting above a group of mules tethered on

the beach at Anzac - for the previous week, the Turkish Army had shelled

the beach on numerous occasions.

[Courtesy of Australian War Memorial - H15395]

 

May 13 ANZAC

From the 13^th to 18^th May the enemy continued entrenching on ridge 400 + down ridge in front of our right which we have named gun ridge also sapping over + digging trenches down on ridge about 800 yards in our front.  Their guns would shell our beach at intervals during the day also search the gullies + ridges in our position.  We would reply with BRIGHTON Battery which they were unable to locate.  The seventh Battery did not open fire in accordance with instructions of Col S. MacLagan o/c N^o 1 Section as these guns only drew fire on our own infantry + caused several casualties.  On 17^th Major Burgess returned to duty.

[Courtesy of Australian War Memorial - Official unit war diary, 7th Battery]

Tuesday 18th May

Received cable from Nell in answer to mine. Again reading all day. Wound in back feeling very sore. I think there is still some foreign substance in the wound.

 

[Courtesy of State Library of New South Wales - Sir Charles Rosenthal diary]