Item 08: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 19 January-28 April 1917 - Page 138

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[Page 138]

Hissieh . B midway between, & A out in front, I was going till after dark; Our Headqrs is situated on a hill in the Wadi & quite close to the water which is very good & is a spring from a rock, supposed to be the rock struck by Moses the air around here is rather putrid from 18 dead horses on the side of the hill & a little higher up the Wadi, the result of a bomb; The banks of the Wadi are very steep & high & only crossable at certain points Sutherland left us this morning.

27-4-17
Fri 27th
The last 3 days have been very hot & no blankets required during the night, but there is a change

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