Item 06: Letters sent by Robert Christian Wilson to his family, 1918-April 1919 - Page 62
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Just near this place (where the stones are) is a big stone building, with a lot of white domes on it and a crescent, and theres a Mohemydian cemetry round it - it is called Nebi Mewsa [Nabi Musa] and is supposed to be where Moses was burned. Moses of course is a prophet of the Mohemydians just as much as he is of the Christians.
I received the catalogue of the wool sales last mail - our prices were A1 right through were they not and weaning 65 ram lambs sounds jolly good, by Jove our stud is increasing all right.
I have been trying to write to you all a good long letter and give you a description of all the things round here; but so far I have not had much time but I think we shall go back for a spell soon and I'll try and write it all up then.
Yesterday morning we we [were] watching an enemy battery shelling just round on our right a bit and it stopped very suddenly and we wondered why - later on we heard, and were jolly pleased. Some of our inf. - London Scottish I think, had sneaked up a gully and caught the battery red handed and