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Sun. 6 June 1915
Wrote & posted lre. to Prington. Nothg. doing. Off today. Rumours of peace in this campaign. Had a good swim & got flour & currants from Corp. Jefferies of A.S.C.
Mon. 7 June 1915
Lre. recd. from Ede of April 9th. Just scrappgs. of my mail arrng! On Divl. orders that 20 zeppelins had bombarded London also Allies were advang. rapidly. Wrote lre. to Reg but could not post owing to lack of envelopes. Bullet went right thro' Parsons dixie. On phone in morng., Orderly in aftrn., damned [indecipherable] & plenty of work. Mann got me 2 tins of cigarettes from ship canteen. Shrapnel very near!
Tues. 8 June 1915
Major Mac came back not lookg. too good. On afrn. at phone. Read "Walls of Partition" by Florence Barclay an impossible heroine! Went for swim in evg. with Dawes. His cook made my puddg. Gave some to the Corp. A French monitor reputed to be here.