Item 05: Fred Harold Tomlins war diary, 19 March-15 August 1916 - Page 24

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7.4.16
Fri 7th
The Colonel arrived back here for lunch today from Ezbet-Soo-Doon; The interpreter taught Les & I a couple of Egyptian games today with cards; The cooks slushy (an Egyptian) has been taking our horses in for a swim in the canal the last couple of days but nothing but the general routine of work happens here

8.4.16
Sat 8th
There was a fair at Hassan Pasha village this morning & we got Abdul Moolah to get us 3 new mats; It has been very hot today & a couple of snakes were killed tonight one over 4 feet long. I believe the Colonel told A Sqd that they were not likely to see any more fighting

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