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lifts. I see the flash of swords & lances as the Australian & Indian Cavalry & Indians charge at the gallop. They disappear amongst the trees & we have no doubt as to the result. The French Regt has gone ahead of us & we receive a message to hurry up the M Guns as the Froggies are likely to be cut off. We gallop We get along at the gallop for awhile till we come up with the Froggies on a ridge overlooking a part suburb of Damascus. We are jogging along quietly when rat-a-tat-tat-tat & the bullets sing past us on the left. We right turn - spread open out & dismount. The Brigadier sends back for the guns & I fancy we are in for something hot this time. Our machine guns now chip in just in front of us but of course we do not know whether the enemy is charging or not & we dont feel very