class="smcap">In a Redoubt, Mahamdiya

Water Camels, Mahamdiya

Sheikh's Tomb, Katia

Bivouacs, El Rabah

Camel Lines, El Arish

Baggage Camels on Shore near El Arish

Mouth of Wadi El Arish

Bedouin Sheikhs, Belah

Bedouins, Khan Yunis

Typical Small Nullah near Wadi Ghuzzee

Native Girls, Belah

Inside Yapton Post

Sheikh Abbas

Observation Post in front of Yapton Post

Sausage Ridge, Deir Sineid

Orange Sellers, Mejdel

Berfylia

Jaffa from the Shore

In Sarona

MAPS

Gallipoli—Battle of 12th July, 1915

Sketch to Illustrate Position on Night of 19-20th
December, 1915

Area of Operations 7-8th November, 1917

Sketch showing Route taken by the Battalion between
Gaza and Jaffa, November-December, 1917

Area of Operations 24-27th August, 1918

Moeuvres, September, 1918

Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, Bird's-Eye View

Northern Portion of Sinai Peninsula

Gaza

CHAPTER I

FROM MOBILISATION TO THE EAST.

The period from the date of mobilisation to the date on which we began our active service experiences we propose to pass over quickly, as the events which happened then seem now of small interest to those coming later.

With orders prepared carefully in peace time, mobilisation went smoothly. The Normal School, Glasgow, became a barracks and a place for the busy public of the New City Road to gaze at with interest.

Within a week our Brigade found itself at Dunfermline, and a few days later we were at Leven, with two companies on duty at the docks at Methil. The Leven companies did uninterrupted training, the Methil companies uninterrupted guards, and to the credit of the latter no one was drowned on these inky nights in the docks. It was there one night a small but gallant officer was going his rounds. One sentry was posted in mid-air on a coal shute, and to challenge persons approaching his post was one of his duties. On the approach of the officer there was no challenge, so to find the reason of this the officer climbed up the ladder and found the sentry, who explained he had seen something "right enuff," but thought it was "one of them things they tie ships to"—in other words a bollard.

The Army authorities had not then become prolific publishers of training pamphlets; training therefore was in accordance with the Red Books previously published, which meant that we trained for open warfare. Bombs, Trench Mortars or Rifle Grenades we never saw, still the training was invaluable and we became a very fit battalion.

All ranks have happy memories of the many kindnesses shown there by the good people of Leven and Methil, but in spite of the pleasures of home soldiering, being then enthusiasts, we thought we had been forgotten and longed for orders to proceed overseas.

Early in May, 1915, we gathered that we would soon be going abroad. It was then we heard that our Division would be known as the 52nd (Lowland) Division, and our Brigade, consisting of ourselves, the 6th and 7th H.L.I., and the 5th A. & S.H., as the