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<p class="page" id="a5658043">[Page 43]</p><p>We have about 5000 of them now, and the rest surrounded. The light horse did good work there, Helped by British Infantry. Our wounded and killed was very slight, Some of the wounded were brought to No. 3. A.G.H. where I was but none died while I was there. It took the Turks 8 months to come across the desert, and our outposts have had several brushes with them in 2's and 3's, a remarkable feat was, that the shells the Turks were firing at them were marked, Birmingham 1915, Britian I believe was supplying Bulgaria with shells before she declared war against us, and she must have given them to the Turks. But its funny our munition workers at home are making shells to kill their own men isnt it. A wouned Australian gave me a clip of cartriges which were there in the battle, Our aeroplanes and outposts couldn't locate the enemys water holes</p>