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Being one of the great hunters, while walking with the cavalry escort, he spotted ducks in the middle of the reeds. He inferred the location of these ducks and that there must be water there, as ducks cannot exist without water. So he headed there, and indeed, he found a large pool. He stopped the cavalry there and returned to us with four of them, informing us of the mentioned pool. We thanked God for that. They began to reassure the soldiers that water was available a ten-minute walk away. Nevertheless, we were still extremely thirsty. We arrived around 11 o'clock, and orders were given to dig the necessary wells. This area is called Weld Rakheis. I myself went with Colonel Frank R. Chief of Staff to investigate. It was a quarter of an hour's distance from the soldiers. Upon our arrival, the necessary digging was done. Before we knew it, all the soldiers arrived, one after another, leaving the digging to those who... His Excellency General Hicks Pasha also arrived, and ten minutes later, His Excellency Hussein Pasha Mazhar arrived. The soldiers crowded around the pool, and no one could get to it. Their condition worsened beyond the previous state, as they left the campaign without anyone guarding it, a quarter of an hour away. This greatly displeased His Excellency General Hicks Pasha, as these were not soldiers, given their lack of knowledge of military laws, especially their officers. His Excellency Hicks Pasha came to me and told me to inform His Excellency Hussein Pasha Mazhar to return to the camp immediately and find the soldiers in their places. I informed him, and he replied foolishly, "Here is the commander himself, if he can keep them in this state, as I am unable to do so." I informed Hicks Pasha of this, and he was surprised that you would mock me, and that all this chaos is due to the poor management of Hussein Pasha Mazhar. In this state, he should not be entrusted with the command of the division, as all I get from him is defiance and the suspension of my orders, thinking he is of a higher rank than me. At that moment, he himself mounted his horse and returned to our camp, leaving Hussein Pasha Mazhar at the pool. He did what he could to organize the soldiers and ordered some of them to take water skins and waterskins, go fill them, and return with the rest of the soldiers. This caused further suspicion in the work of digging the wells. At 11:25.

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