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assisted by other troops & is therefore far more concentrated.
Bud is OK – working very hard down at the Post Commandants hole. Cox & Sutton are well. Gibbs of [indecipherable] St is fat & jolly & in fact the Syd. Sqdn men have been very lucky – Keeping down well has something to do with it perhaps: all had escapes or grazes from richochets – The nearest Turkish trenches are 50 yds away & particularly cunning & clever.
Olive writes to say she thinks we must be glad we are not fighting the civilized & modern type of soldier – we smile here!
Cannot just now hear any digging going on underneath me, but they have occasionally been the 1st in with the tunnel explosions on Quin's. However the Post is stronger generally & plenty of engineering & digging is being done here & there for the physical health of local & general reserve troops. I personally am quite confident we can beat any charge – in fact they haven't come at us again here – for of course they know this is a Light Horse Hill, & they said at Quin's, in English (possibly Germans) – they didnt like us.
Have no idea how much news you are given – perhaps a great deal more than I know about the place myself, but you cannot bear the noise – sometimes almost