Item 01: Oliver Hogue letters, November 1914-29 December 1915 - Page 79
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We were on a route march & bivouac to Helwan when an urgent message arrived from the General & we had to hurry back to Maadi . There was excitement & cheering all along the line. The days of the desert & heat & dust & flies were past and at last we would get a slap at the Turk. We are now very busy getting ready to move off. I think Brigade Headquarters will keep mounted so I will probably keep 'Herald' & leave the other horses here.
We have had so many false alarms of late, so many rumours about leaving that came to naught that we wont believe anything till we actually start off. But our machine guns are leaving tomorrow & we should leave on Tuesday or Wednesday. If that is so, this will probably be the last letter I can send from Egypt. I wont be sorry.
Im sure you will be glad to know that the brigade is now doing the work that it set out to do. This last letter should be a nice long one but we are too busy to give me much of a chance.
There are of course several interesting sidelights on the