grazing, in which the horses have been revelling, and growing visibly bigger. The operations themselves have partaken more of the nature of South African drives, and Johnny Turk was, I think, caught napping by the largeness of the scale of the operations, and he has been so badly fed lately that he could not travel sufficiently quickly to escape us; however, he put up, as he always does, a jolly good fight when cornered, and as we were unable to close the fourth side to the square--_i.e._, on the north, where a steep ledge of rock, backed by hilly country, discounted our mobility--a good few got away. However, we have accounted for nearly 2000 prisoners, ten large and very many machine guns, and our casualties have been less than 250 (in the whole force), so I suppose we may reckon the operations as having been fairly successful. Of course, from the nature of things, the principal rôle fell to the Cavalry, and even the Pan-Infantry men were fain to admit that we have done it well. On the first day we came into touch with the enemy--mostly troops retiring from outside positions, from which they had been driven by the Infantry; but, covered by the garrison and guns of the aforesaid rocky ledge, the three Regiments of the Brigade galloped in two lines of wings over about 1½ miles of country towards the ledge, and swung right-handed along the foot of it, the net result being about 600 prisoners and several machine-guns. The next day there was a pause, as the main position, which was pretty well served by big guns, still remained, and we could not hope to take it without the help of the Infantry; but next morning the latter came through our outposts, and we concentrated on the left flank and began the advance, which I may fairly claim the Regiment initiated, which put the finishing touch to the operations. A good few of the enemy no doubt escaped through the hill country, and perhaps he got a gun or two away, but certainly a thousand prisoners and ten guns fell into our hands. [Illustration: Capt. D. W. GODFREE, M.C. (21st Lancers)] [Illustration: Lieut. H. MACDONALD, M.C. (_Murdered 14th July 1919 at Amadia by Kurdish gendarmes_)] [Illustration: Lieut. C. A. G. MCLAGAN (_Wounded at Tus Kermatli, 21st April 1918_)] [Illustration: Capt. B. W. D. COCHRANE] [Illustration: Sergt. W. MATTHEWS, M.M. (_Killed at Tus Kermatli, 28th April 1918_)] [Illustration: Lieut. L. OSMOND]