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We were staying stay here all day & when I am relieved, I discover a waterhole about a mile away. I have a beautiful swim & don a clean shirt. On reaching camp again I have a shave - and – I am myself again, but I wonder when & where I shall have the next wash & shave. We move off again at dusk. Our objective is Tiberias. The 11th Regiment have taken Samakh, but have had to fight for it. They have lost 3 officers & some 30 men but the town is ours & the enemy are escaping by motor boat across the sea of Galilee & by motor lorry to Safed. Tiberias has also fallen after some resistance. I learn all this by listening in on the ???? line
We jog along the dusty road the atmosphere still redolent of decomposed Turk. It is quite dark & I can see nothing through the clouds of dust. About 9 pm we pass