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[Top Left] May
[Centre] 5th Month - 31 Days
[Top Right] 1916
in the smart way we dropped
tents, put on equipment &
manned the trenches. It was
all done in 1/2 a minute. 3
Turkish Armies only 10 miles
out from us. 37 New Aeroplanes
arrived at Ismailia for raid
on enemy camps. Hand Grenade
& Bomb Factory in Ismailia
manned chiefly by Indians. Jam
tin bombs are made out of
ordinary Jam tins with a stick
of Gelignite and a number
of rectangular pieces of iron
inside, ranging from 50 to 150
pieces. Colonel Tibby & Lt Col
Clarke (Eng Officer lent to Aust.
as second in Command) arrived
on horseback and the first
thing they inspected was our dug
out. They fully expected to hear
that we had been attacked
& were quite surprised to hear