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[Page 178]
April 1917
17th – Apparently most deliberately done as he flew exceptionally low & passed over a regt who fired at him. Ratcliffe Vivash, Geo Crawford Mills (Ser Elliot (limber) of Amb. Had been spkg to Bob. not a minute before & hurriedly left him to get into cart. Cart was not more than 50 yds away. Moved out further, outposts in touch & intermittent rifle & art fire on our front. Inf attacking & met with some success. Plently of rumours but nothing definite as to what was done.18th - Returned to near Wadi about 9 pm. Rough road & dust too thick to see a yard ahead. Watered up & turned in.
18th - 19th - Had a wash in AM & greatly refreshed. Get back in time to move out. Practically the same place as 17th & returned 6 pm. Batty attached to us bombed, 2 killed & 3 wded. No other damage. Our planes also bombing.
19 – About 12 m'd't we moved off again to ? Harara. About 7 am Taube Hostile plane flying usual height again bombed us & again most deliberate. First bomb lobbed 50 yds short & behind a hillock & no one injured & 2nd abt 20 yds ahead & a hill again saved us one of the 6th & to horses injured slightly. Also bombed N.Zs. Seems to like us as he pays us ptclar attn. One of their 'planes brought down & crashed to earth. About 4 pm we pitched dr stn. 30 or 40 passing thro mostly NZs. Our bde fared well & casulaties at a minimum NZ dr stn beside us. Sand carts to & fro trenches repeatedly shelled but luck again with them. Marvellous how they escaped. Varied experiences some trips even into Turk lines. About 11.30 pm we moved back to about a mile or two from W.S Nuran. 5 AM "reveille" & at 8am 1st Bde bombed Lt Sinclair killed about 30 wded & 70 horses