Thursday 6/5/14 KRITHIA ROAD

At 11 am
the allies began a battle with a
tremendous cannonade of artillery
on enemys positions. This was followed
up by infantry attack & by afternoon page 49 about 5 pm. considerable progress had
been made & Turks driven back.
The action lasted well through
the night & the artillery specially
keeping up the fire to prevent
enemy entrenching in new position.

Weather fine with brief Easterly
wind. This part of peninsula
is settled land very much more
pleasant & satisfactory to fight in
than the scrub covered hills of
KABA TEPE. But for the
stress of battle in front & an occasional
shell in our lines we might be
on a picnic in N.Z. the surroundings
are so agreeable. The people of
N.Z. will realize (if never before)
the other side (the horrors of war)
when they read the casualty lists
of the past few days. The men
however have risen to the occasion
they are playing a real soldier's
part & those who have fallen
have done so in a glorious cause.
The men of our regt. especially
have proved their worth in the
estimation of their officers page 50 and no praise is too high
for them. In brief they have
played their part like men
in the true sense of the word.