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trouble, but these were soon quietened & we helped ourselves to their poultry & eggs. We only had one man wounded & after setting fire to enemy fodder dumps & crops , left at noon, reaching camp at Shellal on the 24th at 10 p.m. after a weary trek.
26: Gas demonstration, going through fumes & firing rifles with helmets on.
28: Left Shellal at 9 a.m. going as reserve Bde to Division at Abbassan el Kebir.
June
2: Transferred to gun squadron. Taubes bombed today, without doing any damage.
9: 1st Bde. & Camel Corps made a mock attack on Raffa field for benefit of French general. Galloped over the flat 2 miles before dismounting & paraded a fine sight during the March past.
17: - Left Abbassan 8 a.m. reaching Tel el Makeab-Raffa beach for a spell. Good surfing & plenty of inspections & cleaning rusty bits & irons with wet sand.
20: Witnessed a duel between our monoplane & a taube, both coming to grief with Hun pilot killed.