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troop trains arriving all the while 250,000 men to camp here Essad Pashas trenches
January 1st 1916
men breaking out of camp cannot procure food, strong guard all around lines on 2[indecipherable] allowed 30 hrs leave
2nd
no food large batch of our men brought in from Cairo 9th Batt revolt at Alexander cannot collect them
Turks kill 30 men 1 officer who surrendered Turks officer shot our officer dead, our men were blamed for shooting their prisoners
4th
Fatigue all day men being tried for breaking camp
6 Jan 16
Church Parade visited zagazig stayed Grand Hotel had good meal bought Beades for Beryl. Moslems hold their procession Egyptian Brass band leads, soldiers and warders follow, Mounted police lead on beautiful Arab ponies
Monday Jan 9th
Leave camp at 3. PM for Cairo pass several troop trains,
12 JanPass stayed at Royal Hotel had a good bed morning coffee in bed, visited Bazaar, secured presents for Elsie Beryl, Miss Davey, posted Birts' Bible Cairo full of troops. hired car to go for Kit bags, had two blows outs fastes drive ever I had through Cairo missing everything by inches, more exciting than Gallipoli