Harry Redgen's experience in Burma 1914-1916, item 76

• December 6, 2016 13:50:27 Jake Warren

  Tues Feb 2 1915

   

  To day recieved word not to leave Myitkyina

  but to hold ourselves in readyness to move at

  once if necessary. We were given to day a very

  large knive called a Dak. This is something after

  the style of a hatchet & used for cutting the

  way thorugh the jungle & started to train for

  bush work this work is very difficult and

  dangerous the company all proceed through the

  jungle in single file two on each side as

  scouts & cutting there way this is very slow

  only proceeding abut 5 miles per day.

   

  Wed Feb 3 1915

   

  To day we went for a bathe in the

  River Irrawaddi. I may say that it is

  over 20 years since white soldiers have been

  seen in this part of the world & any one can

  guess the surprise of the Natives to see about

  200 white men bathing in the river at

  once. The native women started screaming

• November 25, 2016 20:18:33 Sue Bryant

  Tues Feb 2 1915

   

  To day recieved word not to leave Myitkyina

  but to hold ourselves in readyness to move at

  once if necessary. We were given to day a very

  large knive called a Dak. This is something after

  the style of a hatchet & used for cutting the

  way thorugh the jungle & started to train for

  bush work this work is very difficult and

  dangerous the company all proceed through the

  jungle in single file two on each side as

  scouts & cutting there way this is very slow

  only proceeding abut 5 miles per day.

   

  Wed Feb 3 1915

   

  To day we went for a bathe in the

  River Irrawaddi. I may say that it is

  over 20 years since white soldiers have been

  seen in this part of the world & any one can

  guess the surprise of the Natives to see about

  200 white men bathing in the river at

  once. The native women started screaming

  
  

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