Item 05: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 19 March-15 August 1916 - Page 158

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[Page 158]

26-7-16
bagging along the tops of all the ridges here; I am kept constantly on the go here now & some days cannot find time to write up diary & have made a mistake a couple of days ago. received a tin of ginger crackers from home today. The 2nd Bde had 1 man killed & 3 wounded to day

27-7-16
Thurs 27th
Left camp as usual at 1 oclock & went out through Bir El Hamisah & found the Turks on all the high ground the other side of Qatia but we soon drove them back to their trenches, & the H.Q. Signal Station took up its old position by Bir Ayish some heavy firing went on during the day but we received no casualties &

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