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as in a dream on a rock holding 3 horses. I was just lighting my pipe when an officer rode up & said "damn it man take those horses off the hill at once. ^ do you want to be blown off it. I replied "this is a signal station." He went purple & roared. ^ I should hate to see him so upset so I take the horses below. We now heard that the village wasis ours. ^and the French have captured etc The 60th Divn ^has charged one side & our Brigade the other. Only xxxx We ^have only lost one man - an officer. - Night has now fallen & we marche move on to the plain just in front of the village. ^ Neither Horses nor men had had nothing anything to eat since 4 a m & the horses are mad with thirst. We I put the nose bag on the old mare but she is too thirsty to eat. We stood stand by our horses until about 9 pm & then ride into the town to water our horses. The town wasis Tulkeram [Tulkam?] & the people