Stood by as usual at three this morning and dismissed at four thirty. A clear morning. Church parade at our mess tent at eight o’clock.<\/p>\n
I saw a shark this morning. The brute came right in under the breakers in about three feet of water. I thought he was only a dolphin at first. He looked about six or eight feet long.<\/p>\n
No enemy plane came over to disturb our Sunday siesta this afternoon.<\/p>\n
We hear the Essex and West Riding Batteries have had their draft horses taken and been given mules instead, but I believe there may be a chance of our keeping our horses after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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