I have a copy of my grandfathers diary from when he fought at Gallipoli. Makes for succinct and sobering reading.
At the front line he did a lot of ‘bombing’ ( digging in and blowing up) of Turkish trenches etc. they also went down to the beach a lot, sometimes being hit by Turkish artillery. I was discussing this with someone who said they would have done that to get rid of the lice. It was very hot when they got there and in November had 6” of snow. He was on one of the last boats out of there, setting up drip rifles etc. so the Turks would still think they had a force there.
He never talked about it and I heard more after he died.
What a poorly plotted campaign.
Last edited by rockdoc; 05/23/20.
