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on Musketry work. Cold wind blowing to-day.
Have just heard some very bad news to the effect that General Townsends Force in Mesopotamia has had to surrender unconditionally. We heard previously that he was surrounded & his troops starving, but that another army was marching to his assistance, but it evidently did not get there in time. We are awaiting confirmation of this.
Further large forces are marching in & everything is astir.
Their is something doing with these forces, but what it is we do not know.
I am expecting Jack any minute now.
18.2.16 Friday
Spent the day in drill movements etc & also went over to have a look at a gigantic Camel Corps which is Camped near us. It is a marvellous sight to see about 80,000 Camels in long lines all tended by Arabs & Natives with a sprinkling of white men here & there.
These Corps are being sent down to Skirmish on the Canal & Western Front.
There was a very bad