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Dec 3rd
Russia captured 70,000 Germans the Crown Prince included.
Thur 3rdSlept on deck last night but it was a bit on the cold side & woke up to find ourselves anchored at Port Said, nothing very exciting happened last night & we were passing troops all night stationed along the canal.this morning we are taking fresh water on board; during the night we passed a ship with the Royal Engineers on board & they said they expected to be fighting any day now.
A French hydro-plane rose off the water a couple of hundred yards from our boat this morning & flew around us in a circle reconnoitring this morning & landed again on the water. The boat has been surrounded by boats containing musicians playing for what they can get & natives selling
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