Alexander diary, 1917-1918 / Roy Alexander - Page 137
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[Page 137]
1918
Sun 24th Feb.
Our best meal for many months was at 6 p.m.
Beef (yes, Beef!), beetroot, potatoes, and coffee ersatz (that word Ersatz (substitute) was to become well-know to us).
We gorged till we could gorge no more, and then the hungry German sentries came in and devoured the scraps.
Tue. 26th.
Yesterday a procession of doctors dug around all over me, consulted my Doc's report, & mumbled "operation". Today I moved to the hospital proper.
The hospital is the Festungs-lazarelt, Kiel-Wik, & consists of about 10 separate buildings, each complete and detached, yet all connected up by underground tunnels.
I am in Haus B, ward 25.
The wards are small, comfortable, & beautifully lighted – a row of big windows stretching right across one wall.