1918 Breakfast at Russell Hotel Nov 15 Caught the boat train at Victoria by good luck in securing a taxi - Bright day - Good crossing. I heard that 2nd [Cdn] D is about to march on [tar?] Rhisee Slept and dined at Hotel de Paris [Boutoper?] 16. Entertained ahq.am very cold frosty & bright. Train crowded & uncomfortable - [?] by Arras Donai [Touiam] - changed at [Calles] place & detained at RHISMES near [Valencieuues] at about 3 A.M. miserable journey - Slept for 3 hours on floor at [ANSINICRC] & then walked thru VLAENCIENNES & took moto [lorrey] to MONS The road full of civilians moving W. with every kind of vehicle drawn by every kind of animal - cows horses dogs then by men women * children [this] all combinations all houses & roads decked with flags of wh. There was a [freak] display along the roads & especially in Belgium. Found Div. [Ilgrs] on the other side of MONS in suburb. Good quarters. MONS quite d[iff?] to [?]. [Listead?] of a mud walled [villa?] destroyed by shell five found a thriving town of [?] [?hops] big [plateglass] windows & [with] electric [baws] running [ze?] BC Archives, MS-2879 Box 83, File 1/ CREASE FAMILY, "Diary of the War", diary and scrapbook of Arthur Douglas Crease, 1915-1919.