Tuesday 29/6/15 QUINN'S POST

Ruahine & H. Bay Coys returned to
trenches 9 am. Very quiet day but at
9.30 pm Turks opened fire from the right
of us and soon the whole line was
heavily engaged. The night was dark
until moon rose at 11-30 pm and
the rifle & machine gun fire developed by
both sides was the heaviest I have yet
heard. At the same time a dust storm
suddenly arose and it was like hell
let loose. Bombs & shells began to fly
and for a time one could not open his
eyes for dust and the din was awful.
The fire slackened and died down at
11 pm but when the moon rose the Turks
opened again & attacked in front of Walkers
Ridge & Popes Hill. They advanced page 97 shouting & yapping through the fire
but their noise only amused our chaps
who held on and easily repulsed them.
Our casualties were slight. The fight
continued intermittently until dawn
when things became normal. We have
a few Turks to bury within our lines and I
expect there are many beyond. During
the fight at my post (QUINN'S) exploding
bombs ignited several dead Turks
just in front of our parapet. These
had been dead some weeks so that we
were pleased to see them cremated.