Item 02: Frank Hurley war diary, 28 October 1917-24 January 1918 - Page 84
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soul than one of the chosen blessed. At 10 am I started with Major Love and my batman Johnstone to pay a visit to the 10th Light Horse Regt which are in rest close at hand. We had a delightful ride through avenues of prickly pear and by pictorial villages, and visited the battlefield of [El] Mughar. Here the yeomanry made a famous charge and carried on apparently impregnable position, but with great sacrifice. Over forty horses lay here in a small group, and one may still trace the path of that wild and glorious charge by the littered plain of dead horses. We returned t at 7 pm having ridden over fifteen miles. Tomorrow I leave early to visit the third brigade Lt Horse who are now holding the front line at
30th December Sunday
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