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left camp & reached Katia just before dark. Some of them pushed on & got into touch with a big outposts of a large force of Turks near Oghratina & fell back to Katia. Aerial reconnaissances report large bodies in several places, so we got every available man out. At daylight on the 20th our advanced bodies exchanged shots. Our aeroplanes were very active & dropped several bombs. In the afternoon A squadron supported by B made a demonstration in front of the Turks. We were supported by artillery. A Squadron had 1 man wounded. The Turks we found in large force & we withdrew & got back to El Maleh about 3 am. We put in all next day in camp resting as we were very tired. At 1.30 am we started out for Oghratina. Our Squadron was outer screen & B & A troops did the scouting. We rode right into the Turks outposts & drew a fair bit of fire. In places we rode as close as 30 yds & not one man