May
26th 1915
Commencement of a factory at Anzac Cove to make periscope rifles. This
device, which allowed a soldier to aim and fire at the enemy from his
trench without showing himself, was invented by Lance-Corporal W C B
Beech, 2nd Battalion (New South Wales), of Sydney.
Turkish snipers opened fire down Monash Valley from a new trench near
the Nek. Fifty Australians were hit until a field gun knocked out the
trench.
Four destroyers arriving at Anzac Cove with troops were shelled. The
shelling killed four soldiers and a seaman and wounded 41 others of
whom seven subsequently died. As a result daytime landings ceased. After
this all troops and animals were landed at night.