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| − | 63 surveys Ploegsteert | + | 63 surveys Ploegsteert Fme Grand Westhof |
| − | 26th, full moon 0 11 p.m.] JULY | + | 26th, full moon 0 11 p.m.] JULY 1915. [30th, Sun rises 4h. 22m.] |
Sunday 25 [206-159] 8th after trinity | Sunday 25 [206-159] 8th after trinity | ||
St. James. Last Day Lodger old Claims | St. James. Last Day Lodger old Claims | ||
| − | Still on survey - get sniped at from messines | + | Still on survey- get sniped at from messines |
MONDY 26 [207-158] | MONDY 26 [207-158] | ||
| − | Hill while pacing fish Ho Road- bullets fly a little high. Supercilious staff- | + | Hill while pacing fish Ho Road- bullets fly a little high. Supercilious staff-mai. 1st Bde very oniffy[?]- privates should not be given a job they are incapable of doing eTe. Have To Take it all, bat sea a bet red. |
| − | *- Col. Rennie on the contrary greatly interested in the notes Combat of aeroplanes | + | *- Col. Rennie on the contrary greatly interested in the notes Combat of aeroplanes sunday night our artillery opens fire 830 pm. on messines. Then Fritz starts, mostly on chateau, but half a doz shells land near us. Complete survey today. |
TUESDAY 27 [208-157] | TUESDAY 27 [208-157] | ||
| − | + | germans shell ridge 1/2 mile from Headquaters and drop 32 shells into Niappa. made attack[?] near Hooge by liquid fire and reported to have taken front of 400 metres. | |
| − | Go back to Regt | + | Go back to Regt report To may: tech- Lechie[?] - sent on to Bde Hgrs. put to work in the generals dining room at Ferme Grand- Westhof- Buy a little hay for 10 sous[?] e sleep in a disused stable. get a cake from Miss[?] Eihel Elliot- divide up with the section |
WEDNESDAY 28 [209-156] | WEDNESDAY 28 [209-156] | ||
| − | + | very quiet day. - Working at Headquaters' Ferme Gand Westhof. | |
| − | + | some of the batmen steal a little hay + mme appeals To me lls sont des voleurs, des voleurs maid -of-all work Marie very buxom[?]- paddles around with bare feet stuck into huge sabots. | |
| − | * Rennie was Col. of the Bn | + | *Rennie was Col. of the Bn who took over from the 16th He has Told this staff-mai about us. The latter had demanded to see my pose. He then took my field-book, snorted + threw it in the mud. exclaiming "all wrong, quite wrong Rennie saw this incident + later[?] said he was acofully[?] sorry |
| − | + | Bc Archives, MS-0392, Box1 Volume4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915. | |
