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the sweater that was provided. If the change of temperature between day and night
weren’t so big, one would more easily acclimatise and not feel so cold at night. Now, at
11am, we have
35 degrees Celsius in the sun and
18 degrees Celsius in the shade
while at dawn around 6am there was hoar frost on the ground.
Major Sands yesterday told a company commander that both Italy and Romania had declared war on Germany/Austria. I don’t think we’re quite there yet, although according to some new arrivals from Sydney, the newspapers have reported: ‘’Italy is about to declare war.’’ Most of us can hardly believe that it should come to that because according to articles published here, Italy could not have chosen a less propitious moment to enter the war. Russia seems to be on its last breath. Kronstadt, Lithuania, Riga [have] fallen, Petersburg under siege, the Russians in Poland and Galicia on the retreat, England and France