Photostat copy of diaries of Benjamin Bennett Leane, 1915 - Part 27
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of smoke and dirt that were
being flung into the air.
Lord Kitchener left here
yesterday. He got a great
send off from the boys on
the beach, and for once the
great man deigned to speak
he said he had been over
the position and was satisfied
that we had down all that
was possible in the time, and
assured us that we had
carried out more than had
been expected of us. Just a
long and flowery speech for "K".
I suppose he has found like
everybody else, that if you
want the Australian boys to do
anything you have to pull
their legs - [[kid?]] to "em as
it were; pat 'em on the back
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