BIG FLEET AT LEMNOS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15338, 23 July 1915, Page 8

BIG FLEET AT LEMNOS.

Lieutenant TVickena, of tho New Zealand Artillery, iv a letter to his poopio in Chmtehurch, dated June 3rd, from "same place/ , says:—"This is the King's Birthday, and wo really should be having a holiday, but don't suppose tho ijirkii Tiuvo muck atroction tor our Hoys! inanity. Coasequenciy we have to go witliout our holiday, since last writuig everything has, been very ijuiet, aim it is quite a change to be doit- to gt-'t a day's peace and a night." Bicop. i have bec-ii veiy lucky, as'L v.as sent away for a two days trip on i duly. Wus ordered away at half so I hour's notice to go to Leiniios Island, where we have a hiud ot base camp. !t is sixty miles ay.ay from here, and I I had to ];o by a steam tug, which left in tho miadie of the night, and reached the isiand eai'iy in the morning. L sj:c;:L the day on one of the big ships there coli-.cting a whol'j swag of stores, tie, and ieil again the following morning. It was >;rand to get away from the builcls for a while, although thb Mibniarino tcare v;hich is on here- at jiie&enfc did not tend to givo one tho feoiing of security wixieli othenvis:-.' might have been. There are some fine big ships there, winch hare been bringing troops from Heine. The llauretania w"s one, besides several other Cucarcl l;ner& and many r.iore almo.-i i s Ing had another spasm >f uuciiig-in lately, for. after being bom,l>arr!e*l on Sunday for two solid hour?, there Tvas very little left of.our hnpry l:on>e,s. "We all thonght our last hour had come, but w«» Tr.rtnaupd to live through. lam still in tho best ■of health.. "■