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1916-12-17
Regiment 5th Wiltshire
Location Mesopotamia, Umm-as-Saad
Entry Sunday Spent day in river bed as Divisional Reserve until 6p.m when we returned to Brigade and advanced 5 miles W.N.W at night passing starting point at midnight digging a line of redoubts to connect up with the 39th BRIGADE on our right. No opposition was met with.