Tuesday Feb 2nd

½ our coy
crossed Canal to improve trenches
on East bank at No 3 Post.
½ coy again went No 2 Post
for night. I took remaining ½ coy
to No 4 Post per launch at 11 pm
Just reached fort when Turks
attacked No 3 Post I had left
about 3 miles away. They fired
on our lines for about 2 hours page 72 in the dark. Our men did
not reply & enemy did not come
to closer quarters than 800 yds.
H.M.S Himalaya lying by
No 4 Post fired 3 rounds from
a gun & Turks retired before dawn
to the hills. I returned to No
3 with detachment at 7 am