A French Division (Territorials and coloured troops). The 29th Division (British Regulars). The Royal Naval Division. The 1st Australian Division. The N.Z. and A. Division (two brigades only). Of these it may be said that as seasoned soldiers the 29th Division had no superiors on earth, being of the same calibre as the famous "First Seven Divisions" of the early days in France. The remainder of the British troops were practically untried, but keen, and volunteers to a man. For heavy artillery, reliance had to be placed on the Allied Navies. For the first time in history a British army was to be supported by 12-inch and 15-inch naval guns, the latter carried by the "Queen Elizabeth." Preparing for the Attack. The troops were organized into three groups, labelled Echelon A, B, and C. Echelon A was composed of the portion first to land--men who carried three days' rations and water, 200 rounds of ammunition, their packs and entrenching tools--whose orders were to secure enough territory to enable the other troops to disembark with their horses, guns and heavy vehicles. The 18-pounders and 4.5 howitzers were also in Echelon A. Echelon B consisted of first-line transport, hold parties, and officers' horses. They would be brought ashore as the situation developed. In Echelon C were the pontoons of the Engineers, the waggons of the Field Ambulance, motor cars, cycles, and supply trains. [Illustration: [_Photo by the Author_ A FRENCH SENEGALESE AT MUDROS. The children, of course, are Greek.] Day by day the soldiers in Echelon A assembled on the troop deck for disembarkation practice. The men with their loads seemed bulky enough, but the officers looked even worse. When trussed up with bulging haversacks, two full water bottles, a heavy Webley and ammunition, a big map case, field glasses, prismatic compass, a note book and message forms--not to mention the dozen and one small articles that they, in their innocence, considered necessary--is it any wonder that they stepped gingerly? For, once having fallen, they would have found it difficult, as did the knights of old, to rise again. About four times a day the soldier crept into his Webb equipment, struggled over the side, swayed violently on the frail rope ladder, tumbled into the waiting boat, and pulled slowly to the shore. [Illustration: [_Photo by the Author_ THE "QUEEN ELIZABETH." The warships and transports leaving Mudros Harbour for the attack on the Peninsula.] The days passed all too quickly. Conference upon conference was held on the flagship; much interest was awakened by the issue of maps; and the thrill of intense anticipation was quickened by Sir Ian Hamilton's famous Force Order:-- "Soldiers of France and the King-- Before us lies an adventure unprecedented in modern war. Together with our comrades of the fleet we are about to force a landing upon an open beach in face of positions vaunted by our enemy as impregnable.