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no big action. Artillery was fairly busy. Returned to camp at 10 pm on the 2nd [Aug]. The 1st Brigade put out some squadrons on outpost on the 3rd & they were heavily attacked on the morning of the 4th. The fighting was heavy. The 2nd LH being particularly conspicuous in the rearguard fighting. We only had 3 hrs sleep on the night of the 3rd & were mounted & away before 4 oclock At dawn our position to the South & S west was heavily attacked. German aeroplanes dropped numerous bombs & the camp was shelled.
Fighting was very solid nearly all day. The Turks pushed us back for nearly a mile but they lost heavily our artillery & machine guns & rifle fire doing a lot of damage. Our regt was on the extreme right & we had to hold off an enormously superior force. They got round our flank & we had to withdraw & gallop back. We got away all our wounded & then went round further on the right