some days. Anyhow at 3 a.m. this morning there was a terrific explosion which blew up a lump of our front trench, head cover falling in & our mining tunnels collapsing. Then the Turks rushed throwing bombs by the hundred. Our men stuck it. The 15th Inf. were glorious. It was fearful for some time. The Turks were in our trench for a while & their bombs were falling thick & it was an inferno of dust fumes smoke flame & fire amid such bustling and swerving as never was. Still our men held on – passing, lighting, throwing bombs. The enemy brings skilful machine-gun-fire to bear defensively on the position they temporarily hold. Simultaneously they pelted shrapnel into the valley. Then our men drive them off & hold our original position. Glorious. I shall never forget the hour of dawn – it was a piteous yet bracing sight. The
