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Being The Notes And Sketches Of Scenes, Characters And Adventures Of The Dardanelles Campaign

By John Hargrave

(“White Fox” of “The Scout “)

While Serving With The 32nd Field Ambulance, X Division, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, During The Great War

To MINOBI We played at Ali Baba, On a green linoleum floor; Now we camp near Lala Baba, By the blue Aegean shore. We sailed the good ship Argus, Behind the studio door; Now we try to play at “Heroes” By the blue Aegean shore. We played at lonely Crusoe, In a pink print pinafore; Now we live like lonely Crusoe, By the blue Aegean shore. We used to call for “Mummy,” In nursery days of yore; And still we dream of Mother, By the blue Aegean shore. While you are having holidays, With hikes and camps galore; We are patching sick and wounded, By the blue Aegean shore. J. H.

Salt Lake Dug-out, September 12th, 1915. (Under shell-fire.)

Turkish Words

Sirt—summit. Dargh—mountain. Bair or bahir—spur. Burnu—cape. Dere—valley or stream. Tepe—hill. Geul—lake. Chesheme—spring. Kuyu—well. Kuchuk—small. Tekke—Moslem shrine. Ova—plain. Liman—bay or harbour. Skala—landing-place. Biyuk—great.

TURKISH WORDS AT SUVLA BAY CHAPTER I. IN WHICH MY KING AND COUNTRY NEED ME CHAPTER II. A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY CHAPTER III. SNARED CHAPTER IV. CHARACTERS CHAPTER V. I HEAR OF HAWK CHAPTER VI. ON THE MOVE CHAPTER VII. MEDITERRANEAN NIGHTS CHAPTER VIII. THE CITY OF WONDERFUL COLOUR: ALEXANDRIA CHAPTER IX. MAROONED ON LEMNOS ISLAND CHAPTER X. THE NEW LANDING CHAPTER XI. THE KAPANJA SIRT CHAPTER XII. THE SNIPER-HUNT CHAPTER XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE WHITE PACK-MULE CHAPTER XIV. THE SNIPER OF THE PEAR-TREE GULLY CHAPTER XV. KANGAROO BEACH CHAPTER XVI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE LOST SQUADS CHAPTER XVII. "OH, TO BE IN ENGLAND!” CHAPTER XVIII. TWO MEN RETURN CHAPTER XIX. THE RETREAT CHAPTER XX. "JHILL-O! JOHNNIE!” CHAPTER XXI. SILVER BAY CHAPTER XXII. DUG-OUT YARNS CHAPTER XXIII. THE WISDOM OF FATHER S—— CHAPTER XXIV. THE SHARP-SHOOTERS CHAPTER XXV. A SCOUT AT SUVLA BAY CHAPTER XXVI. THE BUSH-FIRES CHAPTER XXVII. THE DEPARTURE CHAPTER XXVIII. LOOKING BACK

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