Item 07: John D. Wilson diary, 19 September-28 December 1917 - Page 121
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[Page 121]
This eased him & he went back to work.
This evening I made up a parcel to send to my wife containing 3 needle cases made out of German cartridge cases, 1 dress makers ironing stand made out of a brass shell case of an 18 pounder British shell, 2 German clips & 1 button, also 2 French D'oyleys.
To night I had a hot bath at a French farm house in a tub and paid 1 franc for it.
Monday Oct 5 Nov. 5. 1917. 1190
A fine but cloudy day.
At dinner I with 6 others went for a bath with D. Company. Baths have been erected at Ledinghem about 1 kilometer away. It was a shower bath, the first I have had for months. I was oiling new harness this afternoon.
[Shorthand transcribed as follows]
I wrote to my wife tonight, letter 99, 4 pages. I also wrote to Willie in answer to his letter. [indecipherable] [End of shorthand]
At tea time tonight, our officer Mr Boyland told the Sargeant that he was to go on London leave tonight. So he got very short notice.
An Australian mail came in this evening & I am expecting some letters.
The French have had a brilliant victory on the Aisne, and the Italians are now resisting the invaders.
A German auxiliary cruiser has been sunk in the Cutbegat and 10 armed patrols destroyed by the British. On the Belgian coast an electrically controlled high speed boat was destroyed.