Farming in Arcady (H. S. G.) 64 Standing To (Brentomman) 69 A Waler’s Story (E. L. D. Husband) 71 The Horses Stay Behind (“Trooper Bluegum”) 78 One Too Many (“Anon”) 79 The Light That Failed (“Sarg”) 83 A Night March (“Aram”) 87 A Gloomy Outlook (“Aram”) 90 Reconciliation (“Gerardy”) 91 Mail Day (“Wil Cox”) 92 A Day Over The Lines (H. Bowden Fletcher) 94 Mounts and Remounts (“Acrabah”) 99 Concerning Medical Blokes (“Larrie”) 102 The Signal Service (“Ack-Vic-Ack”) 109 Battle Song (“Gerardy”) 114 The Little Bint of Wady Hanein (“Camp Follower”) 115 Algy, Misfit (“Billzac”) 121 Palestine (“Trooper Bluegum”) 123 The Camel Brigade (“Trooper Bluegum”) 125 Resting (“Tralas”) 132 The Mukhtar’s Goats (“2469”) 137 The Batman (W. M. W.) 139 Damascus (H. W. D.) 140 Malaria (“Koolawarra”) 144 Fall Out The 1914 Men (“Bataggi”) 145 Old Horse o’ Mine (T. V. B.) 149 Concerning Machine Guns (“Sarg”) 150 Delivered! (“Gerardy”) 153 [Illustration] [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS COLOUR PLATES Page General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. iii. Jerusalem, from below the Mount of Olives 4 Romani. Mount Royston in the distance 14 Magdhaba, showing the Wady Bed about one mile from Turkish buildings 26 The Road to Jericho 38 The Dead Sea (Sunrise) 42 Australians on the Road to Jerusalem 30 An Australian Flying Squadron in Palestine 50 Jaffa 54