28th September 1915

The Turkish trenches on Sniper's Ridge, showing the unstable ground heavily reinforced

with a mud brick retaining wall, which the 7th Battery guns repeatedly demolished

(below) - one a series of photographs taken on the Gallipoli Peninsula under the direction

of Captain C. E. W. Bean of the Australian Historical Mission, during the months of 

February and March, 1919.

[Courtesy of Australian War Memorial - G02095]

Tuesday 28^th 

I had a quiet day. In the evening there was a very heavy bombardment taking place both on our right & on our left. The sky was lit with the bursting of the shells & the searchlights from the man-o-war vessels. Towards midnight one of the enemy’s Taubes flew over our lines very low and dropped some bombs happily for us without any serious effect.

[Courtesy of State Library of New South Wales - William Sparkes diary]

Sept. 28

(Lieutenant Sydney Francis Hodgens, temporary O/C 7th Battery)

0920 No. 3 gun fired 5 rds H.E. + 4 rds. P.S. at small gun emplacement on SNIPERS RIDGE (Sq. 68-B-8) completely destroying sandbag parapets which had been rebuilt + overhead cover.  Range 760^x.  Retaliation for gun firing on trenches N.W. of LONESOME PINE.

10.05 No. 3 gun fired 7 rds. P.S. at Observation Stn on slope of PLATEAU 400 N. end of SURPRISE GULLY (Sq. 68-B-6) pointed out by 10^th Battln. observer, in retaliation for a gun firing on LONESOME PINE.  Range 940^x.  Effect – Sandbag parapets destroyed.

11.15 Smoke from 2 enemy guns firing from behind OLIVE GROVE observed.  Sq. 56-Q-4.  Engaged by 9^th + Heavy Bty.

16.15 Movement of Mule transport observed at Sq. 48-N-6.

17.10 Camel transport observed moving Southwards.  Sq. 48-N-6. 

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