Item 08: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 19 January-28 April 1917 - Page 125

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was sent out to cut them off, but the Turks got back in time; although we had nothing to stop us from advancing our positions, the heads seem content for us to hold the line we have taken up. It is rumoured this evening that Gaza fell into out hands this morning but everything is very vague & doubtful, the Turks attacked all along the line this afternoon; At dark we left an outpost to hold the positions & commenced to go back to Bir-El-Jimonil, here we watered our horses & came on another two miles to camp about midnight after a very tedious journey halting & dismounting every few hundred yards; The Regt only received two casualties today both C Sqdn

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