Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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− | Go to W.O. with Murphy - see Maj. Swettenham S.O. to G.O.C. Siege - promises to get me over to France when I return. Bad all afternoon | + | Go to W.O. with Murphy - see Maj. Swettenham S.O. to G.O.C. Siege - promises to get me over to France when I return. Bad all afternoon - reaction. |
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+ | With Murphy - call on Landsdowne to No 3 London General at - to see N.Z. wounded - old hospital with tin hut extension - officers crowded. bad time getting home - on verge of fainting. Evening in park near Herne Hill. | ||
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Another bad day. Zeppelin raid. | Another bad day. Zeppelin raid. | ||
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+ | Diary of the War | ||
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+ | August 1. French tak a German trench between Estrees and Belloy-en-Santerre; they capture strongly fortified work between Hem and Monacu Farm. German attack at Verdun west and south of Thiaumont work repulsed; French counter offensive launched. | ||
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+ | August 2. French successes at Verdun south of Fleury; German trenches carried and 800 prisoners taken. | ||
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+ | BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1916. |
Revision as of Feb 17, 2016, 3:30:39 PM
Go to W.O. with Murphy - see Maj. Swettenham S.O. to G.O.C. Siege - promises to get me over to France when I return. Bad all afternoon - reaction.
With Murphy - call on Landsdowne to No 3 London General at - to see N.Z. wounded - old hospital with tin hut extension - officers crowded. bad time getting home - on verge of fainting. Evening in park near Herne Hill.
Another bad day. Zeppelin raid.
Diary of the War
August 1. French tak a German trench between Estrees and Belloy-en-Santerre; they capture strongly fortified work between Hem and Monacu Farm. German attack at Verdun west and south of Thiaumont work repulsed; French counter offensive launched.
August 2. French successes at Verdun south of Fleury; German trenches carried and 800 prisoners taken.
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1916.