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14th November
we went to Kitchener Kop to relieve the I L I on the 19th the
Left Half went to Fat Hay to relieve the Y + L's for home on the
20th Nov. we were washed out of our bivoucs and had to walk
about all the night.
26th November
My Coy F19 was formed a Mounted Infantry Company for the Regt.
we stopped in Newcastle till the 11th of Dec. after we got our
horses we had drill for about a month and we went on the Column
to take a Convoy to Vryheid from Dundee.
January 5th [1901]
Standing under orders to turn out at any minute.
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6th January
Left Newcastle for Umbana and arrived there 1.30 Pm Same Dte.
January 7th
Left Umbana at 6 A.m scouting all the way to Utrecht in front of
a company and was relieved by the Utrecht Dragoon got back to
Kopje between Utrecht and Umbana camping their for the night
when we got in I heard that one of my chums had got drowned
he was sent out to the right flank with another man and a
N.C.O. and how it was managed we cannot find out yet and never shall.
January 8th
We started from Umbana at 7 A.m
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