Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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| + | 1916 31 Days 10 THURSDAY [223-143] [10 to 13] August | ||
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| + | Murphy leaves for New Zealand | ||
| + | ---Tend him L5-- | ||
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| + | August 10.----Fall of Stanislau to General Lechitsky; | ||
| + | Russians cross the Zlota Lipa and advance on | ||
| + | Halicz; Sakharoff crosses the Sereth and advances | ||
| + | toward the Lemberg-Odessa railway. British | ||
| + | advance north of Bazentin-le-Petit and north-west | ||
| + | of Pozieres. French occupy Hill 227, south of | ||
| + | Doiran. | ||
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| + | August 11.----Italians cross the Vallone; they carry | ||
| + | Hill 121 and Debeli. French capture German | ||
| + | trenches south of Maurepas and north of Hem. | ||
| + | British air squadrons bomb airship sheds at | ||
| + | Brussels and Namur and Belgian railway stations. | ||
| + | General Smuts defeats the Germans at Matamondo. | ||
| + | General van Deventer occupies Mpapua. First | ||
| + | Italian contingent lands at Salonika. | ||
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| + | 11FRIDAY [224-142] | ||
| + | Half Quarter Day | ||
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| + | Proposed To send me To one | ||
| + | of Lady Dudley's Convalescent | ||
| + | Homes. Bad night - and | ||
| + | more doping ~ | ||
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| + | 12 SATURDAY [225-141] | ||
| + | Grouse Shooting begins | ||
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| + | Go To Hadley Woods, High Barnet with | ||
| + | Elsie Gill - | ||
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| + | August 12.--Advance of General Shcherbatcheff | ||
| + | against the Austrian centre; General von Bothmer | ||
| + | in retreat from the Strypa, and falling back on the | ||
| + | Bug and Zlota Lipa. Russians west of the Zlota | ||
| + | Lipa in Mariampol. French capture the German | ||
| + | third line from the Somme to Hardecourt to a | ||
| + | depth of 1,000 yards on a 4-mile front; 1,000 | ||
| + | prisoners. British advance north-west of Pozieres | ||
| + | to a depth of 400 yards on a mile front. Italians | ||
| + | occupy Oppacchiasella. Hostile seaplane raid on | ||
| + | Dover. | ||
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| + | 13 SUN----8 aft Trin [226-140] | ||
| + | 0h 0m P.M. (Greenwich) | ||
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| + | Luncheon with Burt; at Women's Club | ||
| + | Mrs Trotter, walk To Hyde Park & Tea with | ||
| + | Miss Trevylyan. -- | ||
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| + | BC Archives, MS-0392 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS | ||
| + | Box 1 Diary and enclosures, 1916. | ||
| + | Volume 5 | ||
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In Hospital - Hadley Woods 65
1916 31 Days 10 THURSDAY [223-143] [10 to 13] August
Murphy leaves for New Zealand
---Tend him L5--
August 10.----Fall of Stanislau to General Lechitsky; Russians cross the Zlota Lipa and advance on Halicz; Sakharoff crosses the Sereth and advances toward the Lemberg-Odessa railway. British advance north of Bazentin-le-Petit and north-west of Pozieres. French occupy Hill 227, south of Doiran.
August 11.----Italians cross the Vallone; they carry Hill 121 and Debeli. French capture German trenches south of Maurepas and north of Hem. British air squadrons bomb airship sheds at Brussels and Namur and Belgian railway stations. General Smuts defeats the Germans at Matamondo. General van Deventer occupies Mpapua. First Italian contingent lands at Salonika.
11FRIDAY [224-142] Half Quarter Day
Proposed To send me To one of Lady Dudley's Convalescent Homes. Bad night - and more doping ~
12 SATURDAY [225-141] Grouse Shooting begins
Go To Hadley Woods, High Barnet with Elsie Gill -
August 12.--Advance of General Shcherbatcheff against the Austrian centre; General von Bothmer in retreat from the Strypa, and falling back on the Bug and Zlota Lipa. Russians west of the Zlota Lipa in Mariampol. French capture the German third line from the Somme to Hardecourt to a depth of 1,000 yards on a 4-mile front; 1,000 prisoners. British advance north-west of Pozieres to a depth of 400 yards on a mile front. Italians occupy Oppacchiasella. Hostile seaplane raid on Dover.
13 SUN----8 aft Trin [226-140] 0h 0m P.M. (Greenwich)
Luncheon with Burt; at Women's Club Mrs Trotter, walk To Hyde Park & Tea with Miss Trevylyan. --
BC Archives, MS-0392 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS Box 1 Diary and enclosures, 1916. Volume 5