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left for Romani feeling much stronger & in fairly good spirits. We passed 2 or 3 relief parties going out & at 7.45 reached the Romani wells & at 8.15 marched into camp. Tea was ready for us, but I was sick again. However I persevered & forced myself to eat & felt much better At 4 am next morning was up again feeling fairly fit. We sent 28 men back to hospital & there many more sick in camp. The NZealanders had many more cases than we had.
I don't think anybody even from the hottest parts of Australia had ever gone through such a rough spin Had we followed the Turks for another hour we would have been done & it would have proved a calamity. Anyhow we have the strength of these desert stunts now & it is wonderful in a few hours how a strong body of men can become utterly useless
18th [May]
Today was much cooler. We takes the horses into the shade of the palms, each man taking a feed for himself & horse