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September 1917football. They are encouraging it as much as possible to get us in good condition. At night I went over to the 5th LH to see Williamson & Crawford.
Wednesday 26thQuiet day. Very dusty & windy. B Squadron was Brigade duty Squadron.
Thursday 27thReveille at 4. Breakfast at 4.30. The Regt went out early to practice an attack. There was heavy gun & rifle fire just before daybreak. Lasted about ½ an hour. There are some new aeroplanes at the aerodrome alongside our camp & we see some good exhibitions of flying looping the loop etc.
Friday 28thGenl Allenby inspected the camp. We had another game of football in the afternoon. Wasn't feeling very energetic after the game was over.
Saturday 29thThe Regt was on the range today. We had it very dusty & windy in the afternoon & at times you could hardly see the target at all. I got 6 hits out of 10 shots which was a good deal above the average. The range was 500 yards. It is hard
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