CHAPTER VII. GALLIPOLI (_continued_). Poison gas--Targets for the guns--A general--A false alarm--"The one shall be taken--"--Relieved by the 25th Battalion--The fly pest-- Sickness--Bully beef and biscuits--Rum--Scarcity of water--Cooking-- Gathering fuel--Supply and transport--"Dunks." =Page 90.= CHAPTER VIII. GALLIPOLI (_continued_). Lower Cheshire Ridge--Description of new position--A break in the weather--Trenches--Tunnels--Timber and iron--Sniping--Ruses--The Mohammedan festival--Arrival of reinforcements--Promotion from the ranks--Formation of bombing section--Change in command of Brigade --Canteen stores--Pay--A miss--Aeroplanes--Relieved by the 4th Brigade--Taylor's Hollow--Beach fatigues--Soldiers as sailors--News --Mails from Australia--Diversions--The naturalist--The beauties of land, sea, and sky. =Page 102.= CHAPTER IX. GALLIPOLI (_continued_). Move to Happy Valley--Visit of Lord Kitchener--Unsettled weather --Humanity--A proposed stunt--The "close season for Turkey"--The blizzard and its dire consequences--Increased enemy gun fire--The arrival of the German heavies--Russell's Top--Three tiers of tunnels --Death of the three majors--News of the evacuation--The main body leaves the Peninsula--The Die-hards--Work of the Machine Gun Section --The last man. =Page 120.= CHAPTER X. LEMNOS ISLAND. Landing in the Bay--A sick battalion--Sarpi camp--The arrival of the beer--Resting, recuperating, and refitting--Z Valley camp--Members selected for distinction--Touring Lemnos--General description of the island--The inhabitants--Kastro--Primitive agriculture--Mt. Therma-- Crowded shipping--The arrival of the billies--Christmas Day--A conspiracy--The concert--The New Year--Leaving for Egypt. =Page 137.= CHAPTER XI. BACK TO EGYPT. Alexandria--Arrival at Tel-el-Kebir--The transport rejoins--A deal in tents--Kitchen trouble--A camp for two divisions--The battle of 1882--Short rations--Inspection by Sir Archibald Murray--Leave to Cairo--The postal service--Training for savage warfare--Reinforcements --General Paton--Transfers to the Camel Corps--Rumours of a Turkish advance--Move to the Sinai Peninsula--The desert--Road and pipe line --Camels--Ferry Post--The defences of the Suez Canal--Passing shipping --Lumping and navvying--Secret service agents--Dangers to shipping in the Canal--Ismailia--Gambling--Cerebro-spinal meningitis--A visit from the High Commissioner in Egypt. =Page 148.= CHAPTER XII. PREPARING FOR FRANCE.