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were 3 Turkish Spies in our position, so late at night they got about 1000 Camels & tied Baulks of Timber to them & swept the loose sand clear & then waited. Sure enough the morning showed the foot prints of these spies & they were eventually caught.
The Gurkhas are Constantly going out & bringing in Turkish prisoners. How they manage to catch them is a big mystery to everyone.
One day a party of 80 Turks suddenly appeared at an undefended portion of the defence works & after having a careful look round returned, unfortunately for them some Gurkhas & Sikhs sighted them And - They did not bring back any prisoners
On all the trips of these trains you always see a couple of trucks loaded with steel rails out in front of the Engine. This is to deaden the effect of a possible charge of Dynamite being placed there.
Some facts which the Sydney people do not know –
That the Persic was carrying 5000 Machine Guns & their ammunition when sunk.
That another Boat sunk was carrying a full cargo of Water pipes for the Canal defences.
That another Boat was ordered to hand over a certain sum
[The Persic was torpedoed in 1918 but not sunk]