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July
1: Enemy raided our outpost, but was beaten off with grenades, leaving two dead in front of the post.
3: Our camps have been heavily shelled during the past week, but we have good cover & little damage has been done, except for the horses when at the troughs.
4: Back to Malaria post ( Maskareh) at 8 p.m., lost two men sick – doing duty with only three on each gun.
7: Except for continuous shelling by either force, day & night, nothing startling has occurred of late. We cannot move from our bivouacs during the day, as we always receive a good supply of shells if moving about & rocks fly every where.
11: Murray killed & Bradley wounded by a 5.9 shell, which exploded just at the opening of their bivvy. This occurred at 5 a.m. just as we came off post. Buried Murray in cemetery behind Musselabah, having to carry his body about 3 miles from our post. Impressive burial at 9 p.m. about 40 all ranks present.