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heartily wished him in Jericho with his congratulations however we fell in at 2 oclock in full drill order & it was 3.30 before he turned up & Gen. Cox gave the order to present Arms without first fixing bayonets, then he wanted the Officers away to allow the troops to close up & gave the order: Officers clear out: It was absolutely the roughest parade I have ever been on & everyone enjoyed the joke, the G.O.C. did not keep us long saying it was the first time in the annals of history that mounted troops have taken an entrenched position & then thanked us for the work. Cox then told the CO's of Regts to march the men to their parade grounds & dismiss them, just then rain commenced to
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