Item 01: H. E. Gissing diary, 13 December 1914-17 December 1915 - Page 104
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Almost 80 nurses are there & some are very decent it being a refreshing sight to see a decent woman once more. I had dinner at the sergeants mess at No.2. was treated to drinks at the Canadian, visited the various dispensaries none of which do as much as our own & all have a bigger staff. That of No. 3 has a Lieutenant Dispenser as well as various sergeants
Friday 10th September. Last few days much as before. One evening I accepted an invitation to have a ride inland a bit & was well rewarded by doing so. I first had tea with my friend, a warrant officer of the Royal Engineers then round came the horses & we set off. The country we passed was very interesting. Cotton was growing to quite a large extent as was also linseed, then grapes & melon of all kinds were everywhere & plenty of soldiers were making themselves quite at home amongst them. We passed a deserted Turkish village & came on a herd of oxen specially reared for haulage & a fine lot they were, numbering some hundreds & all fine beasts. Next the old fellow guided me to a small river pointing out various turtles showing their heads till we came to some ruins dating back to the Knights