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& left again at 4 pm reaching Salmana at 8 pm where we watered fed & got a few hrs sleep before pushing on at 4 am. We got back to camp at Hassaniya at 7 am Monday & we were all glad to get back & have a decent sleep. After 1 week in camp where we had an easy time our squadron went out in support duty for 48 hrs. Our horses had a good time, we had plenty of feed & water & any quantity of dates. We were relieved by a squadron of the 7th. An Australian mail came in & I got a couple of letters one from home & one from Doug.
A canteen has been started both dry & wet. It proved a great boon as we could get nearly anything we wanted. Sergt Wilson of C Squadron who went in to buy the canteen stuff had very hard luck. He fell under the train & got both legs cut off. He was taken to the 31st Genl Hospl at Port Said. I believe is likely to get on alright. Sergt McNair also had a bad accident while in