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Our C.O. then called into our Command Post and said that he thought that the enemy could not have anything there.Another visitor was the C.O. of the 5th Hampshire Regiment of which we were in support. He was Colonel H.C.C. Newnham who, with a drooping moustache, mirth and vigour resembled a mixture of Old Bill and somewhat leaner Falstaff! With tongue in cheek, I must admit that he was full of praise for me in the presence of our Battery Commander (Major John S. Raworth) A message was received, which said that an Arab had placed a white horse near our forward O.P. The Major then asked me to pass on to the O.P. that both Arab and horse were to be 'taken out' immediately.(I felt myself, that this is very much like shutting the stable door once the horse had bolted!) The enemy would certainly have been aware of the position of the O.P. by then. That night of 25/2/43, a glow of greenish verey lights could be observed behind Chekak Ridge and the surrounding hills. I wanted to remain on duty when midnight came, but Major Raworth insisted that I should return to my dug-out to get some sleep, because he said, that I would need all my energies for to-morrow!

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