Item 04: M.C. Evans war diary, 4 November 1916-16 June 1917 - Page 94
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[Page 94]
Jan. 21st
As you were!
Jan. 24th
They seem to be cheery crowd of blackguards down at the details at Moascar. From the tales I have heard several fellows have been "stoushed" & their money taken off them. Amongst other tales, one fellow tells of how a certain crowd when on guard were not allowed to leave the guard tent when off duty, so they each take hold of a part of the tent & the tent marches up to the canteen, the inmates have a drink & back it comes again!
As usual I clean forgot my birthday again this year, even though it marked the transition of a legal infant into a legal man. Last year it occurred when we were trekking out to El Ga'ai.
There is a move on about which two reports are current: one saying that it is a move forward