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Soldiers in front-line positions were issued only small amounts of water per day and the water quality was poor. Thirst and dehydration were common amongst the men. Often their only drink was extremely strong black tea.

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There was no bathing system and the soldiers only got a few opportunities to wash their bodies and dishes.

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"The only real news is the steady

swelling of the strain and the

stream of casualties.

A Constantinople message declares

The allies' attack at Suvla Bay was repulsed with tremendous losses."

Reference:

Manilla Express (NSW : 1899 - 1954)  View title info

Saturday 28 August 1915

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"over-salted 'bully', which, in the heat of midday or afternoon, slipped in its own fat across the platter or mess-tin, swamping stray flies as it went … or for the cheese, greasy from exposure to the sun and filling the dugout with an odour sickeningly reminiscent of that exhaling from the corpses in No-Man’s Land."

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"over-salted 'bully', which, in the heat of midday or afternoon, slipped in its own fat across the platter or mess-tin, swamping stray flies as it went … or for the cheese, greasy from exposure to the sun and filling the dugout with an odour sickeningly reminiscent of that exhaling from the corpses in No-Man’s Land."

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Charles Bean described the monotonous rations:
"over-salted 'bully', which, in the heat of midday or afternoon, slipped in its own fat across the platter or mess-tin, swamping stray flies as it went … or for the cheese, greasy from exposure to the sun and filling the dugout with an odour sickeningly reminiscent of that exhaling from the corpses in No-Man’s Land."

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In the summer time, the flies are so thick that the soldiers couldn't eat their biscuits and jam without blackened by the flies.
Soldiers on the front lines were only issued a small amount of water with poor quality per day. Some of them only drink extremely strong black tea.

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"For the last year he has been touring through Australia telling the public the truth about the Gallipoli campaign, but so popular are his lectures that the cities cannot hear enough of him, and he has had to lengthen his metro-politan seasons accordingly but now, it is his intention to make a flying country tour of New South Wales."

Reference:
The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser (NSW : 1863 - 1947),Wednesday, 7 February, 1917

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The not tasty nor varied food which the soldiers ate increased their sustainability to disease, which spread rapidly during the summer in the campaign.

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"There is a land across the sea,

That brings sad memories back to me;

That hard cruel land Gallipoli

That is smote by wind, and washedby sea.

I can see a lot of nameless graves,

Whose heroes lie so deep,

Who died that Britons sha'n't be

slaves,

The memory makes me weep.

Yet I can see the flowers that-blossom"

Reference:
Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954)  View title info Thursday, 25 April, 1929