Item 04: M.C. Evans war diary, 4 November 1916-16 June 1917 - Page 132
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probably take a hand in the scrap if it is not already finished. In fact bathing is a peaceful life.
However "let not the future perturb you for you will meet it if so be, with the same reason which is yours to meet the present".
April 5th
Sheikh Zowaiid, Good Friday.
Tonight we are at this place on our way to Khan Yunis a spot about 6 miles N.E. of Rafa. Here we shall be in the front line with all its attendant discomforts & a certainty of taking a turn in the scrap at Gaza before long.
News tonight came that a Taube bombed Romani the other day, our informant telling us that he came so low that "you could 'it 'im with a stick".
Good Saturday
Khan Yunis
We entered Palestine at about 1.35 p.m. today, passing the former scene of one scrap at Rafa.
This is a delightful spot