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November 1916
line, marched to Hassaniya where we watered. We got to Bayoud about 1 oclock put down our horse lines & made ourselves as comfortable as possible. We relieved an English Yeomanry Regt & they left the camp in a dirty state. Flies are very numerous here while at Hill 70 we hardly had one. The days are very cool & the nights cold. There is plenty of work here, patrols outposts, escorts etc.
On the 26th I took the patrol & joined up with a patrol of C Squadron. I picked up a fine length of Manilla Rope. It will just do for picketing B Troop, being about 25 yds long. Also found 2 Scotties of the Scottish Horse Cavalry who were lost. They had got a couple of miles off their track. Every second night we get outpost here & the nights are very cold on top of the sand hills. A few days after we got here an enemy aeroplane dropped 5 bombs but the aim was very bad, the machine being very high up &