phalanx of his fore finger, the
third minus another finger. All these were undoubtedly self-inflicted.
We are bound to notify all these suspicious cases to their C.O.'s and
until a guard is sent for them we retain them under a guard of our own
men. If a hand is found blackened it of course shows that it was done
at very close quarters, but to avoid this a glove or bandage is
applied before firing.

I was kept very busy and had no time for food during the rest of the
day. The wounds were particularly severe, and very few had single
wounds, many having four to six.

_August 7th._--The Turks failed to make their usual counter-attack
last night, though firing never ceased. I worked for nine hours
without one minute's halt, and by night felt very tired. I lay down on
a stretcher and tried to get a little sleep, but got none. The snores
of my neighbours, the groans of a few wounded we had retained
over-night, and the death rattle of two dying men beside me were
sufficient to banish sleep.

Two of our battalions have each lost 700 out of the 900 they went into
action with. We have gained very little ground; we took trenches and
lost them. The long interval from the last fight to the present gave
the Turks time to dig trenches almost proof against shell fire, so
that when the bombardment began they retired back to these, knowing
there could be no assault on their front trenches by the infantry
while this lasted.

Yesterday our army made a fresh landing which we hear was most
successful, one Division landing at Anzac, the other a short way
beyond on fresh ground. Our casualties we are told were two, another
report says five, so that it was practically unopposed. Our attack
yesterday and during the night kept the whole of the Turkish army
concentrated here. Looking at it in this light some think our losses
were not excessive.

Yesterday I spoke about three cases we suspected to be self-inflicted.
A guard took these away to-day, and they are to be court-martialled
to-morrow. Our fourth case also came in just as the action was
beginning. A zigzag path comes down a steep cliff behind us, and down
this came a man at full gallop, and I thought he was coming to warn us
that the Turks were using gas, but, instead, he threw himself on the
ground and yelled and kicked like an infant, and for about an hour
nothing could calm him. It was a simple case of funk, quite a common
ailment. A Tommy was sympathising to-day with another who