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<p>[Page 100]</p><p>it seems we have not managed to break through the enemy lines. How serious things are can be seen from the order by the English command not to retreat one inch. The troops are told to fight with their backs against the wall, so to speak, to avoid defeat. May God assist our beloved homeland in its most difficult hour to achieve the long-aspired and much-deserved victory. The prisoner-exchange commission is still negotiating in The Hague, but despite all hopes there is no end in sight.</p><p>20th/6/18.<br />We're still stuck in the interim camp but it looks like we shall soon move into our proper "home". After unionised labourers worked in the new camp for a few days but were ordered off again to ensure military surveillance [?], the dispute between trade unions and government has been settled, and for the last few days carpenters, etc from the main camp have been at work. And so we can watch them erect barracks, canteen, showers, lavatories,</p>