Item 04: M.C. Evans war diary, 4 November 1916-16 June 1917 - Page 8
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on Bir el Abd – about 2½ miles off killing 4-5. Nothing doing today. I have built me an house of palm sticks & sand bags & am now very comfortable, have a fire outside the door every night and a beautiful washing basin hollowed out of solid Limestone – as much as I can lift and Lord knows how old – I picked it up close here – one finds all sorts of queer remnants of pottery & such like on the desert.
Nov. 9th
At present I am trying to solve a great problem namely, how to beg, borrow or steal if need be a potatoe to go with some bacon which I am cooking for tea tonight.
Our rations have been cut down now and are supposed to be supplemented by cheese – which of course has not yet arrived – thus I find it necessary to scavenge a bit to produce the evening