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a resolution to evade any act that will call down his wrath upon me. We jog along steadily in the dust across a ridgy country not a sign of life or habitation anywhere. Occasionally we hear the crack of a 60 pounder but they are now in our rear. We come to the River Anja (about the size of a Cabbage tree Creek). We cross over a small bridge & lead our horses down a steep bank to water. Here a tradjedy happens. I lose another pipe. I have now only one. left We pass our trenches & here the 14th & 15th Regts go ahead & the Frenchies spread out on our left and right but where are our Infantry and the enemy. We cannot hear a sound. A little further on we meet the 1st batch of prisoners with Tommy guards. And here is an officers horse being led away with the blood running down its side. A little further & we are