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All the boys were keen on the bit of a brush with the enemy remainder of day quite.
4/3/17 Still in supports but expect to move up to one of our posts to-night.
5/3/17 We are now in our out post.
6/3/17 Still in our post but expect to go out to-night it as been very cold things are much the same but there was a heavy arty fire last night
7/3/17 We came out last night & got into camp at Baytein about 1/2 past 2 O'C
8/3/17 moved again to-day to another camp we expect to be here only for a day or two & go back to our old front in Belgium.
9/3/17 hear now that we are likely to stop here for a day or two longer.
10/3/17 Still in the same camp and hear now that we are likely to go back to the firing line soon
11/3/17 Still in same camp
12/3/17 Went down to A.1st D.G to-day and brought back MTL who has finished 21.D. it is a fair walk from here about 7M's the way we went, but we came back a shorter route. Fritz sent over about 40 9.2's last night but no damage was done. Yesterday was my first day in my new job we heard to-day that Bagdad has fallen
13/3/17 Confirmed news reaches us to-day re Bagdad, still in the same camp. it was patchy to-day, rain and then fine for a little while at a time.
14/3/17 It is raining this morning. Fritz sent over the usual shells but they were a good distance off, hear that we are moving back to billets to-morrow. quite remainder of day.
15/3/17 Went to-day to Div 9 Bgde H Q with 6 Prs six of us went it was a good walk & we were away all day. coming back one of our aroplanes came down about three hundred yds off of us the machine was [indecipherable] damaged