Primary tabs
Transcription
[Page 55]
had to fall back under heavy fire. Our regiment came up & supported them & we also fired nearly all our ammunition. Casualties were fairly heavy but the wounded were got back. The coolness of everybody was inspiring. We held on till dark & then we returned to Oghratina hungry thirsty & tired. We got rations & water & went back next morning.
The N Zealanders occupied Bir-el-Abd the Turks retreating through the night. We did nothing next day, but our troops occupied Salmana. Jacko was well back on his own sand hill & was retreating S.E. Our aeroplanes were heavily shelled each time they appeared over Jacko's lines we counted 140 shrapnel bursts after 1 poor aeroplane & then it sailed quietly away.
We stayed out till Saturday night & returned to Katia. On Sunday [13th Aug] morning we got back to camp here at El Maleh I was terribly dirty. Had no shave for 7 days. Soon got a blade to work & got a bath & a