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the immediate future, the French have reaped it in the just gone years.
20-3-15. 8.15 p.m. We have read during the afternoon of the disaster to the British & French warships, from contact with mines, while they were trying to force the passage of the Dardanelles. It is not to be expected that in such project the attacking ships could escape unscathed. Forty thousands tons of ships (15000. 12900 & 12000) with the human lifes destroyed, will be made much of by those who are fighting against, knowledge of it has, without doubt, already been flashed to all the ends of the earth where 'tis likely to produce hostile thoughts & deeds against the British race and ideals.
Straight above me in the sky each night, about 8. or 9 o'clock, is the Sickle, when I look to heaven from outside my window. [Diagram of sickle] A little to the south but yet high up is Canopus, the dog star, as the most brilliant of the heavenly bodies. I do not remember to have seen "the sickle" from Sydney, it may of course have been that its brilliance there is not sufficient to claim the attention of the amateur star gazer.
I am anxious, during the coming week, to visit a school or two in Cairo, that I may obtain an idea of the educational methods adopted by the "Ministry of Education" when dealing with the youth of this country. In reply, to a letter to the Minister, came on this evening, signed David Dunlop, Adviser, to the Minister, telling me suitable hours during which to call. I shall do so in the course of a few days.
21-3-15. 9 a.m. Six of our Captains are this morning detailed for duty on a transport, each to one ship to go to where … Where? It breaks up our unity to a large extent and with nurses away in all directions we shall soon be widely scattered, but with the hope that reunion may follow at a later date somewhere.