Chocolate Hill; indeed, as Hawk read out in our dug-out one mail-day--

"The Australians have took everythink, or practically everythink worth
takin'. They stormed Lala Baba and captured Chocolate 'ill-- in fac'
they made the landin'; and the Xth and XIth Divisions are simply a
myth accordin' to the papers!"




CHAPTER XXV


A SCOUT AT SUVLA BAY


Many times have I seen the value of the Scout training, but never was
it demonstrated so clearly as at Suvla Bay. Here, owing to the rugged
nature of the country--devoid of all signs of civilisation--a barren,
sandy waste--it was necessary to practise all the cunning and craft of
the savage scout. Therefore those who had from boyhood been trained in
scouting and scoutcraft came out top-dog.

And why?--because here we were working against men who were born
scouts.

It became necessary to be able to find your way at night by the stars.
You were not allowed to strike a light to look at a map, and anyhow
the maps we had were on too small a scale to be of any real use
locally.