Item 04: Frank Valentine Weir letter diary, 1 January-31 December 1918 - Page 125

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[Page 125]

4 May 1918 Saturday (X to X crossed out)
Hope to get back across J- tonight & will not be sorry. Cannot give details of prisoners or anything but we did fairly well, our wounded have a rough time if I get through the next 24 hours I am right. X We are rear guard & we are all near the end of our powers of [indecipherable] A sad sight to see 2 Australian Divisions galloping away out of the mountains on a Bridle track with Turks firing all around & Aeroplanes bombing & machine gunning us X- crossed J- at 0 3 AM & lay down minus kit or Tucker bearded & dirty but alive oh.

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