Friday 18th May 1917
Yesterday a
detachment 1st/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment carried out an all-day
patrol. At 2 a.m. an officer and twenty other ranks made their way
surreptitiously to a point 800 yards south-east of the Cactus Hedge, south of
Gaza and remained there all day secretly observing the enemy. As opportunity
offered they changed their position from time to time, being sniped at every
now and then. At dusk many snipers got out of the grass and went for The Garden
nearby, as though they rested there during the night. To spend all day under
the burning sun in close proximity to the enemy front line takes huge nerve and
endurance.
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