een two nearer ridges.

When we returned we found Sir Ian Hamilton had inspected our
Ambulance, and made himself pleasant all round.

_September 14th._--A cold wind blew all day--from the north of course.
Saw the sun only occasionally.

I took the Lancashire Fusiliers Sick Parade this morning, when 215
presented themselves as sick--every fourth man. I expect the order of
the day had included a route march. There is nothing Tommy hates more
than a route march.

_September 15th._--The nights get still colder, and this forenoon was
like an October day at home, but later it was bright and warm without
a breath of wind. Our airmen made the most of the calm spell and took
out the only airship we have here and circled about for at least two
hours, with a fast monoplane scouting in case of reprisals. The sun is
at present sinking in the west and the evening colouring among the
mountains makes one long for everlasting peace, there is too much
discord between such scenes and our errand out here.

_September 16th._--Just as I got out of bed at 7 am some one called
out that a Taube was dropping bombs. It dropped four a short way from
us. It was at a great height and got a good peppering from our ships
in the harbour. In about fifteen minutes it returned, or it may have
been another aeroplane, and let loose five or six bombs at the G.O.C.
in C.'s H.Q. where, I afterwards heard, five men were wounded. It was
heading straight over us, but the fire again got too hot for it and it
made off to the south, but it was most daring and persistent and put
in a third appearance, when one of our monoplanes, a very fast
machine, went up and we expected some fun. After ascending in large
spirals they got on the same level when the Taube turned round and
faced our machine, both now at a very great height, and both evidently
firing at each other, when suddenly our machine dived down at a
tremendous speed. We of course thought the airman or his plane had
been disabled. We heard in the evening that his gun jammed, and being
helpless he wisely cleared out.

Stephen and I were to take the whole Ambulance to Panagheia, and I
went early to the Lancs. to get their Sick Parade over. Stephen
promised to assist and was to be up early too, but he turned up last
for breakfast, and I had inspected two companies before he arrived.

Nothing eventful happened on our 6 or 7 mile march across the
mountains. Big, threatening thunderclouds, with rain on t