Taylor war diary, 16 January 1916-22 July 1919 / Tom Taylor - Page 24
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and we sat there or slept with our packs for pillows till 10 pm. when a start was made. By one (1) am we were in the trucks again but I think there were only 15 in each truck this time & the niggers had oiled the wheel Boxes a bit so we got a bit of sleep.
About 1.30 am we pulled out onto the main line & said Good-bye to Tel-El-Kebir. By the way it was at Tel-El-Kebir that Kitchener fought his first big battle in the Egyptian War where later on he got the title & name "Kitchener of Khartoum". About 3 am we passed through Zag-A-Zig where we bought some bread & cooked eggs, & after this the first thing I remember was Young Nugget shaking me with a drink of hot tea & "saying wake up its 6 am".
About 10 am we pulled into some big station with a