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& replenish our bottles at a public fountain. Dear oh dear how good that water tasted. ^ I simply poured it down my parched throat. We push on through the city & descend a road leading on to a plain the other side. We are jogging along quietly when Crash! Crash! just ahead of us. we hear the scream of the shells but no explosion & as we round a corner, come on to a British 60 pounder Battery. They are shelling a hill in the distance & we can see the shells exploding on the crest of the hill. It is now dark & we halt near the battery & unsaddle & feed up. We are to move on again in 3 hours. After a while we get the order to turn in -- we are not moving until next day.
22nd We move off after breakfast & ride without a stop until midday. The dust is fearful & I cannot see the horse in