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[Page 41]
May 1916
was the biggest strain for all, horses & men. C & D Troops were the most fortunate as our horses were the stronger having had water in the morning. At about 3.30 pm we reached Katia & got water for our horses. You ought have seen the poor brutes drink & there was a great deal of satisfaction in getting it for them. I was feeling very weak, but got my horse several buckets & a few more for some others. A lot more men were vomiting here & after I had another ½ a gall of water to drink, I felt the same way myself & later on got rid of the overdose of water I had taken.
Still feeling all the time I could drink a few more gallons. We helped one another as much as possible, stripped off our shirts & threw buckets of water over each other & tied wet clothes around our necks. We boiled our quarts again but I could eat nothing; had eaten nothing all day. I threw several buckets over my horse & gave him a feed. We rested for about an hour & at 6 pm