small trenches one with sixty heavy shell, & another with eighty – if they can afford to waste shell like this, they must have a great quantity of ammunition. Dickebusch was fairly heavily shelled which resulted in a few casualties only. Gas was again freely used by the enemy, the contents of a shell when analysed, & when ignited gives off a mixture of dioxide & oxides of nitrogen. 28 April 1915 Still most perfect weather. Report was received that a force of the British troops had landed on the Gallipoli peninsula after severe fighting. Our casualties have been very small lately averaging 3 to six a day. Enemy's artillery commenced searching in the afternoon & planted