Item 02: G. T. Birkbeck account of Egyptian and Palestine campaigns, 1916-1918 - Page 15

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following morning. We then laid on the sand & had a good seven hours sleep – though the camel licks had a good meal off my face & blackened my eyes – but it was rather chilly & our "nap" consisted of a water proof sheet & one blanket. We were up again at 6 a.m. the following morning (the 11th) and after placing the balance of our wounded in sandcarts & the Turks in cacolets, struck camp & set off at noon for El Arish a distance of sixteen miles.

Just as we were making our departure, word came through that the 8th regt,. had come in contact with Turkish cavalry & a camel regt. inflicting heavy losses & capturing fourteen of the enemy. The planes also reported catching enemy troops on the march & caused considerable damage by dropping fourteen

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