We had a fine view of everything and I learned a lot.
We were under a heavy fire for thirteen hours and certainly had some very close escapes.

At times the firing was so fierce that if you had raised your arm above your head, the hand would have been instantly torn off.

We had to lie on our stomachs with our chins in the dirt and not so much as budge.

This was when the Turkish fire happened to be directed on our trench.

At such times all the other trenches would fire so as to draw the attack away, and we would have to wait until it was over.