9th April 1915

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Long march from Heliopolis through Cairo where we marched through with fixed bayonets over the Nile bridge (Kasr El Nile) to a beautiful park where we dined on the green grass in the shade of lovely green palms (Photo taken)

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Kasr-el-nil Bridge seen from the bank of the Nile.

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