Harry Redgen's experience in Burma 1914-1916, item 128

• December 2, 2016 01:24:50 Sue Bryant

  Tuesday April 21 1915

   

  To Day was our first Parade since coming

  to Mandalay. Revielle sounds at 5-30 we fall

  in at 6-30 Dismiss for Breakfast 7-45 Fall in

  again 8-45 & Dismiss for the day at 10-30

  at 10-30 the heat is just beginning to get fierce

  & it impossible to do any thing except lye about

  untill 5-o-clock when the Heat is wearing off. The

  nights here are not very bad but the heat of the

  day makes it impossible to go very far you feel too

  weary & faged out.

   

  Wednesday April 22 1915

   

  To day the parade’s were similar to yesterdays

  except at 6-o-clock I had to go on Magazine

  Guard. This guard only mounts during the night

  from 6 p=m untill 5-30 A.M. During the night

  however a storm started & a storm out here is

  a storm. It is a continual battle for days

  between the sun & the lightning. Whilst the

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