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good & the weather is getting cooler but the flies are still bad. On Saturday [9th] morning at 3 am our Brigade left camp & marched to Ganddel [?] NE from our camp at Hassaniya. We reached there shortly after daylight & stayed there till 4 pm My troop was on left flank guard At dark we were joined by the 3rd Brigade & the artillery (8 guns) & we marched all night. It was very tiresome having had no sleep for nearly 2 days.
We reached within 2 miles of the Turkish camp at daybreak The 3rd Bgde went to the right & we went straight on. The Turks were well entrenched & we should have been 2 miles further north. As we were in the wrong place at daylight we had lost the element of surprise & it was impossible for us to make a frontal attack. We engaged them till noon (17th Sept) inflicting casualties & taking 15 prisoners, our artillery shelling their trenches. Our aviators were very daring & did good work. On the way back we found water for our horses & selves We had a spell & boiled our billies at 3 pm