BALLOON-SHIP _HECTOR_ WITH KITE BALLOON UP, "SPOTTING" OFF THE LEFT FLANK. The observers in the Balloon are able by their altitude to see the Turkish gun emplacements and to correct by signal to the ship firing the fall of her shot. These Balloons are very stable even in high winds. Up to the present they have escaped any damage despite attempts of every kind by the enemy.] [Illustration: TRANSPORTS DISCHARGING TROOPS INTO MOTOR LIGHTERS. Suvla Bay.] [Illustration: LANDING AT "A" BEACH, AUGUST 7, 5.30 A.M. A number of fleet boarding steamers took the troops close inshore, whence under the covering fire of warships they were conveyed in motor lighters. Three of these lighters can be seen in the middle distance, where they had grounded on a ridge during the night. Practically all the troops were removed to shore by ships' boats before daylight. The lighters then came under a heavy shell-fire, the enemy doubtless under the impression that they still contained men.] [Illustration: TRAWLERS] [Illustration: TROOPS LANDING AT "C" BEACH, AUGUST 7. These troops were supporting the night-landing previously effected. A number of casualties were caused by bombs dropped from a hostile aeroplane and by Turkish shells.] [Illustration: A TRANSPORT] [Illustration: "C" BEACH, AUGUST 8. This beach was extensively used for landing stores and ambulance wagons. In the distance can be seen the Sari Bair range, which runs down to the Australian position at Anzac.] [Illustration: SUVLA POINT] [Illustration: DRESSING STATION—"A" BEACH. It was here that the largest number of wounded were brought immediately after the landing. The drawing shows the station as it appeared about a month afterwards.] [Illustration: SHIP'S BOATS GOING OFF TO A HOSPITAL SHIP WITH WOUNDED. The shallowness of the water close inshore made it no easy matter to get the wounded away. Ship's boats were rowed close in, and the wounded were taken in tow by picket-boats, whence they were towed off to the hospital ships.] [Illustration: Smoke drifts from shells] [Illustration: H.M.S. _TALBOT_ IN SUVLA BAY SHELLING ENEMY RIDGES AT DUSK. The effect of this vessel's lyddite bursting was very fine, an interesting contrast to this being the flash of her guns which showed a pale lemon colour in the approaching dusk.] [Illustration: OFF ANZAC] [Illustration: SALT LAKE AND CHOCOLATE HILL. This lake, dry in summer, is hard clear sand, dazzlingly white in sunlight. It was over this that the troops advanced to the attack on Chocolate Hill, on August 7. In the distance is Sari Bair, the highest point of the range, running down to Anzac on the right.] [Illustration: A Tug attempting to tow off a lighter at Suvla while under fire] [Illustration: LALLA BABA. This position was continually under fire from shrapnel and high explosive shells. These frequently burst among the stores and material on the beach at the foot. Practically no part of the coast held by us is free from enemy shell-fire.]