Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 98
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[Page 98]
What a marvelous thing wireless telegraphy is - Our man tells me he cd - hear the German cruisers talking last night - They are somewhere in the Pacific but where? There was a buz that a German gunboat had shelled Wilhelm Haven yesty - but it's only buz - Every German wireless station in the Pacific & Indian Ocean is in our hands - Their capture was imperative & the first operation of our war down here -
We had some press news to-day but both allies & Germans seem to us to be holding their own - The crumpling up of the German right is good of course but it only meant that the G.R. was too extended & they went East to join their centre - One N.O, has bet a bottle of champagne that Bill throws his hand in by Xmas - On the contrary most of us think Bill will raise us two by then - Excuse this poker dialect - The NO's way of expressing himself leaves much to be desired but you grasp his meaning in its entirety & that's his main point =
Saturday Oct 3
Still nothing doing - Had my morning swim at the pier in wonderfully clear water - Then breakfast - I get up at 6 & have a biscuit & tea & then swim - After breakfast I took a stoker over to the Grantala - He has been giving a little trouble