August 8th
Rather a stormy day. Not much shelling on “W” Beach.
One can see plainly through glasses where the new landing has taken place; hospital ships, transports, destroyers, and three battleships are off there. Rumour hath it that the landing was successful, and that they are advancing across the Peninsula. Heavy firing goes on all day from batteries on shore and warships on sea, answered but feebly by Turkish batteries, which, however, do not fail to pay their usual unwelcome attention to “W” Beach.
A Turkish battleship, on the way down here to support land forces, was sunk to-day by one of our submarines, which is a great event.
Heavy artillery fire goes on to-night on our left.