a Syrian & a Montenegroian. Simple guileless souls they seemed bad and one professed never to have seen a rifle before & was most interested in a troopers exposition. But the Syrians profession of Christianity to me was I thought a little too insistent to be wholesome. However after two days one of these innocents was found making quite an intelligent sketch map of the situation showing gun positions etc. They were marched off & haven't been seen since.
Again the adaptability of our men. Let it be remembered that our training had not been for infantry. Many had not seen a bomb thrown before & trench-warfare was new to us. Yet the unhesitating alacrity with which the men threw themselves into the new job was such as an outsider or Turk would not be able to distinguish between them & the neighbourhood infantrymen – and I say again that the 4th Brigade were a high standard to match.
There is old Sergt 'Scotty' Loch a miner from Mount Morgan within 2 hours mastering the art of bomb-throwing & exhibiting it with
