State Library of NSW
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5.11.15Fri 5thThe Canteens Stores turned up today & proved to be a frost we only got 2 tins Herrings & ½ Doz salts; Last night at 9 oclock the Turks tried a surprise attack on a sapping party in the vicinity of Lonesome Pine. the sapping party however turned the surprise onto the Turks the fight lasted an hour & at its finish our lads had 50 Turkish prisioners besides a great many dead & wounded our casualties proved very small only 4 being killed & 17 wounded; Received a parcel addressed to Stan from home also 2 from Edie & the 3 proved to be filled with goods we most require; Received a note this evening telling me to report to Bde HQ as soon as possible to collect a badly damaged parcel
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