Item 03: Robert Valentine Fell diary, 1 January-31 December 1918 - Page 279

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[Page 279]

[Printed] 1918 Tuesday, 1 October

Left Aust Div Hqrs 8 am travelled thro hills in track of Regt. Came thro pretty village on outskirts of Damascus. Awful sights. Shambles. Dead dying men & animals. Guns wagons etc strewn all along track. Came right thro Damascus. Chased Regt. found Brigade & camped for night. Regt only a mile away.

People of city clapped & cheered gave us fruit etc.

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