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Title: With the Twenty-ninth division in Gallipoli, a chaplain's experiences
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Creighton, Oswin
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns Turkey and the Near East
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Longmans, Green and co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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R.F.s, which eventually took place, after a good deal of difficulty owing to their long-drawn-out trench, at 6.30. The men sat underthe wall of a ruined house while bullets whistled over-head, and I had to sit all the time too. I arranged aCelebration for the next morning and rode back tocamp. We had a good deal of rain in the morning. Tuesday, May 25.—Rather a depressing day. Sub-marines, apparently from Germany, are about, andafter various excitements have succeeded in sinking the Triumph at 12.30 in full view of the coast. Wesaw all the torpedo-boats rushing up, but do not knowhow many were rescued. It seems strange having abase under shell fire and lines of communicationdirectly threatened by submarines. The aerodromewas shelled all morning and one aeroplane wrecked.I rode out and held a Celebration at the same place at10 a.m., but very few came. I think they were pre-vented by fatigues, etc. Then I rode down to Gully J 1 J ^ ■i t V ■> > i:- ■J 1 » fi , J J < » »
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Men of the 14th Sikhs in Big Gully. IN GALLIPOLI 111 Beach and lunched widi the South Wales Borderers, and there was a heavy shower. The Turks were doing alot of shelling everywhere. Their ammunition seems indeed plentiful. Our batteries may not fire owing to shortage. The Turks drop shells everywhere. I for-got to say that the day before I buried a R.F. He had been shot dead by a spent bullet right in thereserve trench. While taking the funeral one of ourshells burst prematurely, and there was a shower of bullets and a man was hit (bruised only) in the leg.I carried on and paid no attention. The Turks were particularly busy this afternoon. They dropped shellsindiscriminately over all our reserves. People have themost wonderful escapes, but occasionally some one ishit. I rode back to take poor Webb-Bowens funeral, but found U had just taken it. Later I walked round part of the camp with him to show him variousodd units which had had no services, and generally explore and discuss. I also wrote various letters torelations of the

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