Gallipoli (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - The Deeper Scar - full transcript
Beautiful leg swing!
Did you see that?
Oh, bloody Horsies. Welcome.
Where'd you learn
to shoot like that?
I was born with
a rifle in my hand, cobber.
We are fighting
a brave and tenacious enemy.
Bartlett's laughing at you, sir.
Quarantine him somewhere, Braith.
I want him gelded.
Just how am I supposed
to report on a war in Turkey
from an island in Greece?
You'll be briefed, by me.
- What did he say?
-How would I bloody know?
If we don't stop 'em,
they'll take over.
- Take over what exactly, Bev?
-Everything.
- Tom, this is Celia.
-Hello, Thomas.
Birdy wants an armistice at Anzac.
Bodies are piling up.
We learn
not to fear our enemy.
That's the thing
a soldier does best.
Young men
face oncoming fire.
It's the silent bullet
in the back of the neck
for the commander.
Not if he's victorious, Johnny.
I'll tell you what happens.
You're lying there naked,
under a pile
of red-hot burning sand
a thousand miles thick.
And you've got
no hope, right?
Wrong. You got hope.
'Cause every 1,000 years,
a little bird flies in
and takes away
one grain of sand.
This is the insignia. Australian
Commonwealth Military Forces.
- So this is the rising sun.
- That's amazing.
Come home safe, Tolly.
Thomas. Thomas!
My goodness! Where were you?
Pyjama top off.
Come on.
Lean forward.
I'll change that dressing later.
Meanwhile...
Wash down
as far as possible.
Wash up as far as possible.
Pants off.
And now we wash possible.
Roll over.
How are you feeling today?
Good.
All done.
Here.
This'll have you back in action
in no time.
- Is it camel's?
-No.
Cow's. Just like home.
They took a delivery
of six of them.
Though I'm not sure anyone knows
how to milk them properly.
It's only supposed to be
for staff.
It's our little secret.
Six weeks away
from Gallipoli.
Six weeks away
from the killing.
They didn't think I'd make it.
I'm not sure I did.
Ripped By mstoll
Birdy! So good to see you.
You're taking it to them
up at the heights, I hear.
Indeed, sir - a few more weeks
and it won't do
to be a Turk sniper.
Weeks?
Rome wasn't built
in a day, Braith.
- Hm?
- No, sir.
Gentlemen, take a seat.
So this latest call
from the Turks
on another truce
to bury their dead...
Yes.
On grounds of humanity,
I'd like to see the poor chaps
decently buried,
of course.
- Of course.
- But, um...
We've heard
the Turks don't relish
attacking over the bodies
of their comrades.
The officers
have trouble with the men.
I dare say this is
behind the request -
simply clearing the way, hm?
Turk corpses.
Better than barbed wire, Sir William,
and much easier to set.
I suppose.
I'm, uh, disinclined
to give them this one.
What else, Birdy?
- Sickness, sir.
- Yes.
These numbers are worrying.
We're starting to evacuate
more ill than wounded.
It's largely flies.
We've given them a breeding ground.
They're killing us more effectively
than the Ottomans.
I've spoken to the Medical
Service director about this.
He's issuing new orders
to cope with it.
What else?
No good doing that now.
Gotta wait till night-time
when they come out.
Lice don't know
day from night.
You've not been bitten
in the daytime?
Aha! Gotcha! See? Thank you.
We need a fly burner.
Turn it on
and fry the bastards.
- Warm enough for you, gents?
- Sir...
You reckon you could
complain to the Turks
about their
flamin' insects?
We've sent messages
to Medical Services.
They'll come up
with something.
Blood and damn!
Heard anything about Tolly?
- No.
- Lucky bastards.
You know, all we need
is a bullet in the right place
and off to Egypt you go.
Gently does it, please.
My God, Bartlett.
Now you've got the kitchen sink.
- What is that?
-Hold your fire, Marcus.
Wait till you see this.
I'm taking it over with me.
- Where are you going?
-Beg your pardon?
Uh... Remember the war
that we're here to report on'?
But you're not allowed anywhere
on the peninsula, Ellis.
And you've been granted
full permission, haven't you?
I have. I can stay
in the trenches indefinitely.
And I can't. But I will.
But Braithwaite barred you entirely.
He told me.
Yes. I had a little chat
with his superior officer.
He was most accommodating.
Seems I can pop across
if needs be.
- Hamilton gave you permission?
-Yes.
I'd like to have seen
Braithwaite's face.
What on earth is it?
Well...
Gentlemen.
This...
...is a cinematograph machine.
The very best. From London.
You're a newspaper reporter,
Ellis. Who needs moving images?
- Only the world, Charles.
-Not for war correspondents.
Especially for
war correspondents, Charles.
It's the future.
People will see war
as it really is.
Mr Ashmead-Bartlett?
Ah! Are you one of Malone's?
The colonel sends
his best wishes.
I'll be
accompanying you to the front.
Excellent - could a few of your chaps
collect my things?
They need to be careful
with that one in particular.
Shall we?
Oh, Charles.
Might see you up there.
Don't get shot, now, will you?
I'm the New Zealand
correspondent
and he gets Malone.
How does he do it?
Lord only knows.
What the hell's he doing?
No idea.
This is the legend?
He'd have trouble
getting a bloody job
at the 'Taranaki Post'.
Bartlett!
What do you think, Ernie?
I'll take him up the front,
get him shot at.
That'll give him a thrill.
Ah! Colonel Malone.
How do you do?
Leave the damn thing.
Let's go on a Turk walk,
shall we?
Oh. Oh, yes. Excellent.
- Excuse the fracas.
It'll be quiet here
by the end of the week.
- How do you know?
-Haven't been here long.
It usually takes a few days.
If the Turks fire one shot,
I fire ten back.
If they fire ten,
then I give them bloody hell.
They soon get the picture.
Down! Ge! down!
How'd you know that wasn't
gonna land on your head?
You listen.
- Right. I was listening.
- Come on.
Hey!
I gather this is yours.
- Yes, sir.
- Right. Well, get it on, son.
Come on. You're on duty.
Very spongy here.
There duckboards underneath here?
- No. Turks, mainly.
- Excuse me, sir.
Oh!
Oh, you bastard!
Get your hands off me!
Bonnie, where are you? Bonnie!
Bonnie? Bonnie!
- G'day, Tolly.
- Jeez! Two Bob.
When'd you get here?
Come in last night
from Gezireh.
- You on the mend?
-Yeah.
- What happened here?
-Shrapnel.
Got infected
with all sons of shit.
Thought they were gonna
cut it off.
Yeah. It's good now, but.
- Come on, old man. Keep going.
So how many stockmen
were there?
Uh, seven.
Only two blackfellas.
Me and one other bloke.
You're an Abo?
Jeez, Tolly.
What's it bloody look like?
I...I thought...
Don't know.
Thought you were
from somewhere else.
Yeah, like from Mars,
you reckon?
So how come
your surname's King?
The whitefellas
named my grandfather that
'cause he was an elder.
- Was he a king?
-Nah. We don't have that.
Well, we're here for the King.
Bevan loves him.
Bevan should be a Pommy.
Fair dinkum.
Yeah.
Is your grandfather dead?
Yeah.
Yeah.
He taught me
a lot of stuff.
Blackfella stories.
That's why I got his last name,
not my father's.
My father was an arsehole.
- What was his name?
-Arsehole.
Cooee!
- Cooee!
- That one echoed.
- One...
..two, three.
Cooee!
- Cooee!
- Cooee!
You move your mouth
when you read, Cliff.
Is it in Turkish, is it?
Oh. Give it here.
"Dear Clifford...“
What, Clifford? Clifford?
- Yeah? What's wrong with that?
-Nothing, mate.
"Dear Clifford,
I hope you are well
"and prospering
on Gallipoli,
"Your father and I
are very proud of you and...
"..proud of what
you and your friends are doing
"for the King
and for Australia.
"Alice is
a little better now.“
"She's had such a hard time
of it with the doctors
"and she's so weak.“
No. Go on.
“But...we trust
the Lord is not ready
"to take her yet,
poor thing.
"She came home yesterday,
and your father was grinning
"like a Cheshire cat.
“He sends all his love
to you, Clifford,
"and I hope you will be alright
with your friends
"and come home safe.
"I hope you like the socks.
"From your loving mum.“
She thinks
she's a good knitter.
And what am I gonna do
with these, eh?
Who wants 'em?
No, thanks, Cliffy.
I've got something for you.
Wondering whether
to give it to you or not.
I've decided.
Hand.
I thought
you might like it.
You're the luckiest soldier alive,
Thomas.
Well, there's no
lucky dead ones.
It came...
...this far
from killing you.
It tore the outer lining
of your heart.
And there it was...
...just sitting below
the skin of your back,
just waiting there.
Now, let's get
that dressing off.
You've been passed fit, Thomas.
Must be someone looking
after you, Don't you think'?
I don't really understand...
God much.
Someone else, then.
I got better.
But somehow,
I was different.
Right, on you get.
Chop chop.
They patched us up.
And if we could
walk, talk and shoot,
they sent us back.
It was simple as that.
- Come on, Tol.
-Yeah.
Don't want to
go back there.
What's wrong with you?
I can'! wait.
What have you got there?
-It's the one that got me.
-Jeez, Tolly.
Don't hang onto that.
It's bad luck.
You reckon?
Thought it might be
good luck.
You men! What are you
doing there? Get below!
I'm telling you, Tol, it's bad.
Get rid of it. Quick.
Johnson.
You're looking spick-and-span.
Brand-new, sir.
Are you? Good.
I meant the clothes.
Well...
It's good to have you back.
You men,
report to the front line.
On my way, Sergeant.
-Tol!
-Bev!
Mate.
- You well?
-Yeah.
This place
looks a bit different.
We've been digging
since you left.
We dig more than we shoot
these days.
Let's go.
I'm not supposed to be here.
Boys will be glad
to see you.
- Take cover!
- Be careful!
Take cover!
Get down!
They got snipers everywhere.
Tol.
If a bloke cops one, you gotta
get outta there real quick.
It means the sniper's got the range.
They're bastards.
We go out on patrol and get 'em,
but mostly they get us.
Come on. We've been lucky.
And your men?
None of this
airy-fairy pottering around.
As far as I'm concerned,
my men get the best possible chance
that I can give them.
Um...pottering around?
I'll tell you
what I'm seeing here.
The English, trying to
muddle through yet again.
Oh, yes.
It's how we do things.
Muddling through.
You'll have it written
on your bloody gravestones.
Sir?
Sit down, Harry.
Sir.
Getting tired.
Tired of this.
Sick with it.
Well,
that's understandable, sir.
Another eight men gone
in that last exchange.
No, it's not that.
It's from the colonel.
fly nuisance -
it is recommended
“that short strips
of glutinate paper
"be hung on bushes
at sections of most activity.
"This can have the effect
of capturing scores
“in any 12-hour period.“
Flypaper?
Flypaper.
Sir...
We can't take that
to the men.
Can you imagine?
So, what was the food like?
It was different to bully beef.
So not too bad.
Shit.
- What do you reckon it is?
-Who bloody cares?
Yeah. I'm gonna get it.
You'll get it alright.
Stewie, don't.
Don't!
Bloody idiot.
- Get down!
-Whoo-hoo!
Not English.
-It's not Turkish.
-Oh, give me a look.
It's French.
“Leave the peninsula
immediately.
"This is your third
and final warning.“
- Ooh-hoo! Really?
- Oh, yeah?
-Cheeky bastards.
We've decided to stay!
Welcome back, Tolly!
- See, Tolly? Don't miss much.
-Cheeky bastards.
How was that, eh?
Ooh!
Might be some camel dung
in there for ya.
I don't care
what anyone says.
They're good blokes.
Fair dink...
"I said in my heart concerning
the estate of the sons of men
"that God might manifest them
"and that they might see
that they themselves are beasts,
"for that which befalleth
the sons of men befalleth beasts.
"Even one thing
befalleth them...“
- "As the one dieth..."
Come on, Tol!
"..so dieth the other.
"Yea, they have
all one breath,
"so that a man hath
no pre-eminence above a beast.
"For all is vanity.“
"All go unto one place,
all are of the dust,
“and all
turn to dust again.
"Who knoweth
the spirit of the beast
"that goeth downward
to the earth?"
Oh, get off there, Stewie.
Show some respect.
Hey? You're bloody
sitting on Cliffy.
I'm not lying on him.
I always figured Cliffy would
be the one to get home again.
Yeah.
He was, um...
He was a pretty smart bloke
in his own way.
Got himself shot, but.
Never gonna meet him now, Cliffy.
Sorry, mate.
- Who?
- Victor Trumper.
Reckons he could have
bowled him out.
Bowl Victor Trumper?
Mate, the Pommies can't even do that.
- He was only kiddin'.
-I saw him play once.
- Best game of cricket ever.
-He always wanted to meet him.
100 runs before lunch.
Easy, eh?
Hooroo, Clifford.
Cliffy told me hell was
being buried under burning sand
a thousand miles thick.
And every thousand years,
a little bird would come
and take away a single grain,
giving you some hope.
Cliffy believed in God.
And that helped him
in his life.
But I don't know how it helps
when you're dead.
I guess Cfiffy's finding out.
You'll be out there
chewing lead,
not sitting on your arse
drinking posh tea
in some bloody trench.
What'd you volunteer for anyway?
Give it a go.
- Can you shoot?
-A bit.
A bloody bit? And you're
volunteering to be a sniper?
You want to kill yourself
some Turks, do you, son?
'Cause I need blokes
that can
take the eye out of a crow
at a thousand yards.
Can you do that
for me, son?
Never tried.
You see that little tree
out there?
Go on! Take a bloody look.
It's a Turk's tree.
Let's see if you can kill it.
You should have volunteered
weeks ago, son. Follow me.
Got one here for you, Billy.
He can shoot a bloody great tree
from about 10 yards.
You're gonna
have to train him.
Learn from this bloke, son.
He knows more about killing Turks
than you ever will.
You're Billy Sing.
You know
they talk about you?
Even up at Quinn's.
Forget about your V sight.
Sit down.
Fit one of those.
- Got him?
-Yeah.
Well, you got a choice.
You can do this.
Or you can get in a trench
with a peephole
and a bloke
sighting for you.
This'll do me.
You're gonna get shot, mate.
You realise that?
You haven't.
Not yet.
Have you really shot
200 Turks?
I wish it was
only that many.
See ya.
See, the question is...
...are you pan of the Empire
and doin' your bit for the King,
or are you
some uncivilised bastard?
Look at you.
You bloody report sick.
I'm leaving here like Cliff
or I'm going home.
Oh, for goodness sakes, Dave.
Just do what I tell you.
Go to hell, Bevan.
I'm not your little brother.
I'm just saying.
You're an idiot.
Yeah?
Well, I don't want
to hear it!
I am sick. Yeah.
I'm sick of you
and your bloody views.
I'm sick of
hearing about the bloody King
and I'm sick of hearing about
the bloody Empire!
- Hey, hey! Hey!
-Who you bloody fightin' for'?
- Huh? Eh?
-I'm here, Bevan. Who cares why?
You can't even
shoot anyway.
-I'll tell you something else.
-What?
That bloody King...
...he doesn't give a bugger
whether you're here or not.
Yeah, why would he?
He's the fuckin' King!
- Christ, you're thick, Bevan.
-Yeah? Yeah, come on!
Cut it out, Bev.
Why don't you just
bugger off like Tolly?
Leave it.
Shit!
What am I doing here,
Braith? Huh?
We've all read Homer.
We've read all the Greeks.
Gods of this place
will destroy you on a whim.
Lack of men, sickness,
ill luck and now stasis.
I'm facing
a Gordian knot, Braith,
and I must cut through it
or the...
...gods will tear me apart.
I wouldn't worry so much
about the gods
as the Turks, Sir Ian.
-I'm going back to Kitchener.
Withdrawal?
Not a bit!
I'll defy the gods, Braith.
Attack!
And damned be him
that first cries “Hold, enough!“
- Sir.
-Oh, yes, indeed.
Come on, Braith.
Carpe diem.
In war,
there are a lot of ways to die.
And in the end...
...maybe killing and dying
is the same thing.
My bullet didn't kill me.
But it killed something inside.
Ripped By mstoll
Did you see that?
Oh, bloody Horsies. Welcome.
Where'd you learn
to shoot like that?
I was born with
a rifle in my hand, cobber.
We are fighting
a brave and tenacious enemy.
Bartlett's laughing at you, sir.
Quarantine him somewhere, Braith.
I want him gelded.
Just how am I supposed
to report on a war in Turkey
from an island in Greece?
You'll be briefed, by me.
- What did he say?
-How would I bloody know?
If we don't stop 'em,
they'll take over.
- Take over what exactly, Bev?
-Everything.
- Tom, this is Celia.
-Hello, Thomas.
Birdy wants an armistice at Anzac.
Bodies are piling up.
We learn
not to fear our enemy.
That's the thing
a soldier does best.
Young men
face oncoming fire.
It's the silent bullet
in the back of the neck
for the commander.
Not if he's victorious, Johnny.
I'll tell you what happens.
You're lying there naked,
under a pile
of red-hot burning sand
a thousand miles thick.
And you've got
no hope, right?
Wrong. You got hope.
'Cause every 1,000 years,
a little bird flies in
and takes away
one grain of sand.
This is the insignia. Australian
Commonwealth Military Forces.
- So this is the rising sun.
- That's amazing.
Come home safe, Tolly.
Thomas. Thomas!
My goodness! Where were you?
Pyjama top off.
Come on.
Lean forward.
I'll change that dressing later.
Meanwhile...
Wash down
as far as possible.
Wash up as far as possible.
Pants off.
And now we wash possible.
Roll over.
How are you feeling today?
Good.
All done.
Here.
This'll have you back in action
in no time.
- Is it camel's?
-No.
Cow's. Just like home.
They took a delivery
of six of them.
Though I'm not sure anyone knows
how to milk them properly.
It's only supposed to be
for staff.
It's our little secret.
Six weeks away
from Gallipoli.
Six weeks away
from the killing.
They didn't think I'd make it.
I'm not sure I did.
Ripped By mstoll
Birdy! So good to see you.
You're taking it to them
up at the heights, I hear.
Indeed, sir - a few more weeks
and it won't do
to be a Turk sniper.
Weeks?
Rome wasn't built
in a day, Braith.
- Hm?
- No, sir.
Gentlemen, take a seat.
So this latest call
from the Turks
on another truce
to bury their dead...
Yes.
On grounds of humanity,
I'd like to see the poor chaps
decently buried,
of course.
- Of course.
- But, um...
We've heard
the Turks don't relish
attacking over the bodies
of their comrades.
The officers
have trouble with the men.
I dare say this is
behind the request -
simply clearing the way, hm?
Turk corpses.
Better than barbed wire, Sir William,
and much easier to set.
I suppose.
I'm, uh, disinclined
to give them this one.
What else, Birdy?
- Sickness, sir.
- Yes.
These numbers are worrying.
We're starting to evacuate
more ill than wounded.
It's largely flies.
We've given them a breeding ground.
They're killing us more effectively
than the Ottomans.
I've spoken to the Medical
Service director about this.
He's issuing new orders
to cope with it.
What else?
No good doing that now.
Gotta wait till night-time
when they come out.
Lice don't know
day from night.
You've not been bitten
in the daytime?
Aha! Gotcha! See? Thank you.
We need a fly burner.
Turn it on
and fry the bastards.
- Warm enough for you, gents?
- Sir...
You reckon you could
complain to the Turks
about their
flamin' insects?
We've sent messages
to Medical Services.
They'll come up
with something.
Blood and damn!
Heard anything about Tolly?
- No.
- Lucky bastards.
You know, all we need
is a bullet in the right place
and off to Egypt you go.
Gently does it, please.
My God, Bartlett.
Now you've got the kitchen sink.
- What is that?
-Hold your fire, Marcus.
Wait till you see this.
I'm taking it over with me.
- Where are you going?
-Beg your pardon?
Uh... Remember the war
that we're here to report on'?
But you're not allowed anywhere
on the peninsula, Ellis.
And you've been granted
full permission, haven't you?
I have. I can stay
in the trenches indefinitely.
And I can't. But I will.
But Braithwaite barred you entirely.
He told me.
Yes. I had a little chat
with his superior officer.
He was most accommodating.
Seems I can pop across
if needs be.
- Hamilton gave you permission?
-Yes.
I'd like to have seen
Braithwaite's face.
What on earth is it?
Well...
Gentlemen.
This...
...is a cinematograph machine.
The very best. From London.
You're a newspaper reporter,
Ellis. Who needs moving images?
- Only the world, Charles.
-Not for war correspondents.
Especially for
war correspondents, Charles.
It's the future.
People will see war
as it really is.
Mr Ashmead-Bartlett?
Ah! Are you one of Malone's?
The colonel sends
his best wishes.
I'll be
accompanying you to the front.
Excellent - could a few of your chaps
collect my things?
They need to be careful
with that one in particular.
Shall we?
Oh, Charles.
Might see you up there.
Don't get shot, now, will you?
I'm the New Zealand
correspondent
and he gets Malone.
How does he do it?
Lord only knows.
What the hell's he doing?
No idea.
This is the legend?
He'd have trouble
getting a bloody job
at the 'Taranaki Post'.
Bartlett!
What do you think, Ernie?
I'll take him up the front,
get him shot at.
That'll give him a thrill.
Ah! Colonel Malone.
How do you do?
Leave the damn thing.
Let's go on a Turk walk,
shall we?
Oh. Oh, yes. Excellent.
- Excuse the fracas.
It'll be quiet here
by the end of the week.
- How do you know?
-Haven't been here long.
It usually takes a few days.
If the Turks fire one shot,
I fire ten back.
If they fire ten,
then I give them bloody hell.
They soon get the picture.
Down! Ge! down!
How'd you know that wasn't
gonna land on your head?
You listen.
- Right. I was listening.
- Come on.
Hey!
I gather this is yours.
- Yes, sir.
- Right. Well, get it on, son.
Come on. You're on duty.
Very spongy here.
There duckboards underneath here?
- No. Turks, mainly.
- Excuse me, sir.
Oh!
Oh, you bastard!
Get your hands off me!
Bonnie, where are you? Bonnie!
Bonnie? Bonnie!
- G'day, Tolly.
- Jeez! Two Bob.
When'd you get here?
Come in last night
from Gezireh.
- You on the mend?
-Yeah.
- What happened here?
-Shrapnel.
Got infected
with all sons of shit.
Thought they were gonna
cut it off.
Yeah. It's good now, but.
- Come on, old man. Keep going.
So how many stockmen
were there?
Uh, seven.
Only two blackfellas.
Me and one other bloke.
You're an Abo?
Jeez, Tolly.
What's it bloody look like?
I...I thought...
Don't know.
Thought you were
from somewhere else.
Yeah, like from Mars,
you reckon?
So how come
your surname's King?
The whitefellas
named my grandfather that
'cause he was an elder.
- Was he a king?
-Nah. We don't have that.
Well, we're here for the King.
Bevan loves him.
Bevan should be a Pommy.
Fair dinkum.
Yeah.
Is your grandfather dead?
Yeah.
Yeah.
He taught me
a lot of stuff.
Blackfella stories.
That's why I got his last name,
not my father's.
My father was an arsehole.
- What was his name?
-Arsehole.
Cooee!
- Cooee!
- That one echoed.
- One...
..two, three.
Cooee!
- Cooee!
- Cooee!
You move your mouth
when you read, Cliff.
Is it in Turkish, is it?
Oh. Give it here.
"Dear Clifford...“
What, Clifford? Clifford?
- Yeah? What's wrong with that?
-Nothing, mate.
"Dear Clifford,
I hope you are well
"and prospering
on Gallipoli,
"Your father and I
are very proud of you and...
"..proud of what
you and your friends are doing
"for the King
and for Australia.
"Alice is
a little better now.“
"She's had such a hard time
of it with the doctors
"and she's so weak.“
No. Go on.
“But...we trust
the Lord is not ready
"to take her yet,
poor thing.
"She came home yesterday,
and your father was grinning
"like a Cheshire cat.
“He sends all his love
to you, Clifford,
"and I hope you will be alright
with your friends
"and come home safe.
"I hope you like the socks.
"From your loving mum.“
She thinks
she's a good knitter.
And what am I gonna do
with these, eh?
Who wants 'em?
No, thanks, Cliffy.
I've got something for you.
Wondering whether
to give it to you or not.
I've decided.
Hand.
I thought
you might like it.
You're the luckiest soldier alive,
Thomas.
Well, there's no
lucky dead ones.
It came...
...this far
from killing you.
It tore the outer lining
of your heart.
And there it was...
...just sitting below
the skin of your back,
just waiting there.
Now, let's get
that dressing off.
You've been passed fit, Thomas.
Must be someone looking
after you, Don't you think'?
I don't really understand...
God much.
Someone else, then.
I got better.
But somehow,
I was different.
Right, on you get.
Chop chop.
They patched us up.
And if we could
walk, talk and shoot,
they sent us back.
It was simple as that.
- Come on, Tol.
-Yeah.
Don't want to
go back there.
What's wrong with you?
I can'! wait.
What have you got there?
-It's the one that got me.
-Jeez, Tolly.
Don't hang onto that.
It's bad luck.
You reckon?
Thought it might be
good luck.
You men! What are you
doing there? Get below!
I'm telling you, Tol, it's bad.
Get rid of it. Quick.
Johnson.
You're looking spick-and-span.
Brand-new, sir.
Are you? Good.
I meant the clothes.
Well...
It's good to have you back.
You men,
report to the front line.
On my way, Sergeant.
-Tol!
-Bev!
Mate.
- You well?
-Yeah.
This place
looks a bit different.
We've been digging
since you left.
We dig more than we shoot
these days.
Let's go.
I'm not supposed to be here.
Boys will be glad
to see you.
- Take cover!
- Be careful!
Take cover!
Get down!
They got snipers everywhere.
Tol.
If a bloke cops one, you gotta
get outta there real quick.
It means the sniper's got the range.
They're bastards.
We go out on patrol and get 'em,
but mostly they get us.
Come on. We've been lucky.
And your men?
None of this
airy-fairy pottering around.
As far as I'm concerned,
my men get the best possible chance
that I can give them.
Um...pottering around?
I'll tell you
what I'm seeing here.
The English, trying to
muddle through yet again.
Oh, yes.
It's how we do things.
Muddling through.
You'll have it written
on your bloody gravestones.
Sir?
Sit down, Harry.
Sir.
Getting tired.
Tired of this.
Sick with it.
Well,
that's understandable, sir.
Another eight men gone
in that last exchange.
No, it's not that.
It's from the colonel.
fly nuisance -
it is recommended
“that short strips
of glutinate paper
"be hung on bushes
at sections of most activity.
"This can have the effect
of capturing scores
“in any 12-hour period.“
Flypaper?
Flypaper.
Sir...
We can't take that
to the men.
Can you imagine?
So, what was the food like?
It was different to bully beef.
So not too bad.
Shit.
- What do you reckon it is?
-Who bloody cares?
Yeah. I'm gonna get it.
You'll get it alright.
Stewie, don't.
Don't!
Bloody idiot.
- Get down!
-Whoo-hoo!
Not English.
-It's not Turkish.
-Oh, give me a look.
It's French.
“Leave the peninsula
immediately.
"This is your third
and final warning.“
- Ooh-hoo! Really?
- Oh, yeah?
-Cheeky bastards.
We've decided to stay!
Welcome back, Tolly!
- See, Tolly? Don't miss much.
-Cheeky bastards.
How was that, eh?
Ooh!
Might be some camel dung
in there for ya.
I don't care
what anyone says.
They're good blokes.
Fair dink...
"I said in my heart concerning
the estate of the sons of men
"that God might manifest them
"and that they might see
that they themselves are beasts,
"for that which befalleth
the sons of men befalleth beasts.
"Even one thing
befalleth them...“
- "As the one dieth..."
Come on, Tol!
"..so dieth the other.
"Yea, they have
all one breath,
"so that a man hath
no pre-eminence above a beast.
"For all is vanity.“
"All go unto one place,
all are of the dust,
“and all
turn to dust again.
"Who knoweth
the spirit of the beast
"that goeth downward
to the earth?"
Oh, get off there, Stewie.
Show some respect.
Hey? You're bloody
sitting on Cliffy.
I'm not lying on him.
I always figured Cliffy would
be the one to get home again.
Yeah.
He was, um...
He was a pretty smart bloke
in his own way.
Got himself shot, but.
Never gonna meet him now, Cliffy.
Sorry, mate.
- Who?
- Victor Trumper.
Reckons he could have
bowled him out.
Bowl Victor Trumper?
Mate, the Pommies can't even do that.
- He was only kiddin'.
-I saw him play once.
- Best game of cricket ever.
-He always wanted to meet him.
100 runs before lunch.
Easy, eh?
Hooroo, Clifford.
Cliffy told me hell was
being buried under burning sand
a thousand miles thick.
And every thousand years,
a little bird would come
and take away a single grain,
giving you some hope.
Cliffy believed in God.
And that helped him
in his life.
But I don't know how it helps
when you're dead.
I guess Cfiffy's finding out.
You'll be out there
chewing lead,
not sitting on your arse
drinking posh tea
in some bloody trench.
What'd you volunteer for anyway?
Give it a go.
- Can you shoot?
-A bit.
A bloody bit? And you're
volunteering to be a sniper?
You want to kill yourself
some Turks, do you, son?
'Cause I need blokes
that can
take the eye out of a crow
at a thousand yards.
Can you do that
for me, son?
Never tried.
You see that little tree
out there?
Go on! Take a bloody look.
It's a Turk's tree.
Let's see if you can kill it.
You should have volunteered
weeks ago, son. Follow me.
Got one here for you, Billy.
He can shoot a bloody great tree
from about 10 yards.
You're gonna
have to train him.
Learn from this bloke, son.
He knows more about killing Turks
than you ever will.
You're Billy Sing.
You know
they talk about you?
Even up at Quinn's.
Forget about your V sight.
Sit down.
Fit one of those.
- Got him?
-Yeah.
Well, you got a choice.
You can do this.
Or you can get in a trench
with a peephole
and a bloke
sighting for you.
This'll do me.
You're gonna get shot, mate.
You realise that?
You haven't.
Not yet.
Have you really shot
200 Turks?
I wish it was
only that many.
See ya.
See, the question is...
...are you pan of the Empire
and doin' your bit for the King,
or are you
some uncivilised bastard?
Look at you.
You bloody report sick.
I'm leaving here like Cliff
or I'm going home.
Oh, for goodness sakes, Dave.
Just do what I tell you.
Go to hell, Bevan.
I'm not your little brother.
I'm just saying.
You're an idiot.
Yeah?
Well, I don't want
to hear it!
I am sick. Yeah.
I'm sick of you
and your bloody views.
I'm sick of
hearing about the bloody King
and I'm sick of hearing about
the bloody Empire!
- Hey, hey! Hey!
-Who you bloody fightin' for'?
- Huh? Eh?
-I'm here, Bevan. Who cares why?
You can't even
shoot anyway.
-I'll tell you something else.
-What?
That bloody King...
...he doesn't give a bugger
whether you're here or not.
Yeah, why would he?
He's the fuckin' King!
- Christ, you're thick, Bevan.
-Yeah? Yeah, come on!
Cut it out, Bev.
Why don't you just
bugger off like Tolly?
Leave it.
Shit!
What am I doing here,
Braith? Huh?
We've all read Homer.
We've read all the Greeks.
Gods of this place
will destroy you on a whim.
Lack of men, sickness,
ill luck and now stasis.
I'm facing
a Gordian knot, Braith,
and I must cut through it
or the...
...gods will tear me apart.
I wouldn't worry so much
about the gods
as the Turks, Sir Ian.
-I'm going back to Kitchener.
Withdrawal?
Not a bit!
I'll defy the gods, Braith.
Attack!
And damned be him
that first cries “Hold, enough!“
- Sir.
-Oh, yes, indeed.
Come on, Braith.
Carpe diem.
In war,
there are a lot of ways to die.
And in the end...
...maybe killing and dying
is the same thing.
My bullet didn't kill me.
But it killed something inside.
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