12th Btn supporting 2nd and 1st Bge on Lone Pine getting rather a
rough time. 42 of them cut off in a sap. Saw many dead brought out of
2nd Btn trenches, over 1000 in 4 days. Constant rifle fire all day, more
troops being landed. Rumoured that transport “Royal Edward” torpedoed
off Lemnos with loss of 1200 Tommies.
Final assault on Chunak
Bair. Today – preceded by heavy bombardment. Gurkhas reached summit on
neck between Hill 971 and Hill Q, but were driven back. Exhausted N.Z.
boys relieved at night, after hanging on all day. At dawn on 10th Turks
drove the Tommies down the hill.
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