At 3,96 a huge mine was explode ed on the neck between two ridges along which it was nob desirable that the Turks should follow us, This had the desired effect. The Turks thought the Australians were attacking them and kept up furious rifle fire for forty minutes.
Bhortly afterwards flames shot up on the various beaches from the piles of petrol-soaked provisions whioh had been ignited. Even that did not arouse the Turks, At daybreak the transporta were all away and the men. it bey bombarding the beach: breaking up the piers, sunken ships and water tanks—determined to leave the enemy nothing but firewood.
The Turke at last woke up and began bombarding the beaches. They must have thought we' were mad to be firing at each other, The Turks also heavily bombarded Hill 10, Chocolate Hill and Lola-Baba, where there was not a soul, "They were still doing so when my battleship left the bay at nine Our casualties were an officer and two men wounded at Suvia Bay and two men at Anzao—less than the daily average. As these casualties were due to chance shots in no way intended to hinder the operation, of which the Turks were ignorant, it may be said that the evacuation did not cost a single casualty.
All the guns were removed except three field-guns and two worn out howitzers. Those were stroyed as soon as they had fired hat the last shots.
Paris, Dec. 30, There was great artillery activity at the Dardanelles. A French battleship bombarded the Turkish batteries on the Asiatic Coast.
Paris, Dec, 31.
The allied artillery at the Dard-arielles effectively bombarded the Turkish batteries on the Asiatic coast, destroying several guns and ars en ammunition depot,
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