J. A. HOGUE. Sydney, _December, 1915_. CONTENTS I A Soldier of the King 17 II We Sail Away 28 III The First Fight 38 IV In Egypt Still 50 V Heroes of April 25 58 VI Light-hearted Australians 73 VII At the Dardanelles 82 VIII Anzac 96 IX Stories that Will Never Die 109 X To Drive Back the Turk 118 XI War Vignettes 128 XII "George" 136 XIII "Robbo" 143 XIV "Come and Die" 153 XV The Bombs 165 XVI Aeroplanes 172 XVII "Padre" 179 XVIII "Stunts" 186 XIX Lonesome Pine 196 XX Lucky Escapes 212 XXI The Church Militant 219 XXII Sergeants Three 229 XXIII Mail Day 236 XXIV Reinforcements 244 XXV Shell Green 249 XXVI The Anzac V.C.'s 257 XXVII The Final Phase 267 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO FACE PAGE Anzac Cove, Gallipoli 17 Portraits of (1) Col. McCay; (2) Lt.-Col. C. F. Cox, C.B.; (3) Lt.-Col. Hubert Harris; (4) Col. M. Laurin; (5) Lt.-Col. Braund; (6) Lt.-Col. Onslow Thompson 68 Officers of the 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Light Horse Brigade 90 Murphy's Mules at Anzac 116 Major-General W. T. Bridges 141 Anzacs in Reserve 172 Entrance to Lone Pine 204 Brigadier-General G. Ryrie 255 [Illustration: Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.] CHAPTER I A SOLDIER OF THE KING RIDING TESTS--THE SOLDIER'S OATH--SIR IAN HAMILTON--MOUNTED PARADE--BUSHMEN AND CITY MEN ON TRIAL--LIGHT HORSE WAR SONG "Trooper Bluegum, you're next." I stepped forward. A hundred volunteers had been marched down from Victoria Barracks, Sydney, and were undergoing the riding test prior to being drafted into the Australian Light Horse. "Mount and ride," said the sergeant. I leaped on the bare back of a hog-maned colt. Three other candidates were already mounted waiting for the signal. One was a Sydney "bushman" and was obviously nervous. The other two were bushmen from Riverina and the Hunter River and they grinned confidently. "Cross this flat," continued the sergeant; "leap the bog, jump the sod wall, gallop to that marker, and return."