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sending wounded to Bela. Doing outpost duty in the wadis, being again bombed at 4 p.m. only losing 9 horses. Stood to arms all night, patrol captured Turkish outpost.
21: Left Shellal at noon, returning to the Yeomanry's camp at Ablassan el Bedir; all dead beat & had our first sleep in 4 nights.
22: Five bombs dropped by taube wounding 7 men & 20 camels. Left Kelir at 2 p.m. pushing on to Shellal wadi, our Bde. taking over position & digging in.
25: Moved on to Abu Suitta owing to scarcity of water for our horses, which are only watered every 24 hours. Brigade still on outpost & patrol duties.
27: Returned to Shellal , second regt. captured two officers & twenty men of Turkish cavalry, armed with American rifles & ammunition. Camping in Wadi, erecting hospital & clearing station.
May
3: Still in wadi Shellal; voting day for Federal elections. We stand to arms & saddle up each morning at 3 a.m., but the enemy has retired a mile or so & nothing has occurred during the past week or so. Few prisoners captured by our patrols