Sergeant R. Higgs, Welsh Regiment, at the Dardanelles, writing to Mr. David Bowen, Bettws, Ammanford, says: —
“You ought to see us all go heads down and heels up as the shells burst over us. It was rare sport, very exciting, and to me the more the excitement the more the enjoyment. One day a steel piece of a ‘Jack Johnson' dropped only a few yards from me while I was drying on the beach. It was quite hot when I picked it up.
We have been in the trenches for nineteen consecutive days, two and a half days actually fighting in the firing line. Out of the part of the line I advanced with I am the sole survivor.
Another line came up, and I was the only one able to rise and go on with them. I saw ghastly sights that I will never forget.
The casualties were very heavy.”
