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camping here until the 14th, when we moved off at 6 p.m., riding all night, bitterly cold, reaching Solomon's pools at 9 a.m. on the15th, camping 4 miles from water which means 16 miles daily to water our horses & grooming 2 times daily.
19: Still at the Pools, mail came today.
24: Twelve hours in Jerusalem (14 miles) on leave; wonderful sights in Dome of the Rock & Holy Sepulchre, but many of the legends attached to these Holy places are a myth. Town & people are filthy & one has to pay exorbitant prices for goods. Had a good day, dinner at the Grand Hotel, lounge & smoking room out of bounds to N.C.O.s & men.
29: Cricket match v 2nd regt,, won by our team by 80 runs.
June
6: After twelve days of what they term a spell, left the Pools at 4 p.m. riding all night, bitterly cold in Jerusalem reaching Dumm at 9 a.m. on the 7th. Left Dumm at 6 p.m. riding through the valley & taking over the valley sector from 4th Bde. at midnight, our section in reserve post. Mosquitoes in millions, impossible to sleep.