Item 01: J. E. Morrison diary, 13 October 1917-29 October 1918 - Page 169
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& not being able to obtain water before we get to Suez. The fresh water is only on during certain hours day & night to prevent wastage.
15.10.18
Still fine weather sea like glass, very light breeze & the temperature having gone down to 83°. Half the troops are ordered to sleep on deck, the other half below. The whole of the troops are drilled in turns every day & have a very queer war cry when charging this is taught them. It sounds like a dog barking, the idea being it makes a moral effect on the enemy soldiers. These Indian soldiers are no doubt very smart soldiers when under the British officers & when fully armed & equipped.
16.10.18
Similar weather, nice & cool both day & night. News by wireless today re. the torpedoeing of the cross channel boat in the Irish Sea. 400 lives lost & also of a auxiliary cruiser, the Otranto, having collided with the Kashawar & over 400 lives lost.