Item 06: John D. Wilson diary, 17 May-19 September 1917 - Page 5
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[Page 5]
Book. VI.
Thursday. May 17, 1917.
Continued from Book 5.
This is the opening of the sixth diary since I have left Victoria, and two of them written in England & on the water I have already posted to my wife.
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The war is dragging very slowly to an end. There has been a lull in the Western front during the past few weeks, but lately we have renewed our attacks & gained small ground, especially on the R. Scarpe, and at Ypres. There is a big muniation strike in England, which is not very encouraging. Firmer measures should be taken with strikers in war time.
I wrote a long letter to my wife to be posted in England. No 78 [Shorthand]
Mr. Narick got word to leave here for Steenwerch to night enroute to England tomorrow. I helped him to pack up his things. He gave me a new shirt and underpants – that he could not take with him. [Shorthand]
To night is very quiet. The rain has left off, but the ground is very muddy.