Todd war diary, 3 August 1914-29 February 1916 / Arthur Todd - Page 179
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[Page 179]
Freds letters
30th Oct - 1
Life aboard the trip across to Albany: peace routine.
14th Nov - 2
Re-read a supplementary account of the Emden show from a Surgeons point of view. Von Müllers address to his men on sighting the Sydney.
18th Nov - 3
Lett from Colombo - Ceylon and Clayton and Massie - the N Zealanders ashore Australians bolt for the beach. The ships of Allied Nations in port.
27th Nov - 4
Near Suez - lights out in Red Sea, bombardment of Turkish forts. Reread
Dec 1 - 5
Nearing Malta information about mine sweeping wireless from Eiffel tower. [Indecipherable]
Dec 16 - 6
Gib and life there - Linea Algeciras roulette, pony rides. German prisoners Mediterranean Club.
Dec 23rd - 7
Refitting at Gib rumours of German ships out included the new Navy grey funny bow waves and funnels, the Carmania & Cap Trafalgar. Yarmouth & Hampshire (Kitchener) Melbourne the Blacksmith manufacture of Emden Relics.
6th Jan - 8
Azores, description waiting for Portugal to declare war, visited Flores rough seas thence to Bermuda its chain of islands and difficult entrance.
13th Jan - 9
Jamaica our first arrival stayed 36 hours, a lovely island and an unlovely town left to look for the Karlsrühe, Melbourne in port.
27th Jan - 10
Martinique after patrolling off San Juan "Hon members of the Club".
28th Feb - 11,12
Trip fromSt Lucia to Lavanderia to German rendezvous Bangor, wireless found nothing 2000 miles at 18 knots. Thence to Pernambuco. No coal at Lavanderia (3 days late). Carnarvon report from Monte Video that Ger. C. making N.
29th Mch - 13
Monte Video, became flagship the Clerks monkey and the Admiral (Stoddart of Falk Ids), dined with Ambassador.
4th Apr - 14
Near Rio silence of 5 months (no mail) Monte Video its streets, Club, University the English Club. news of the Dresden.
Captain Luces signal had dinner with Admiral.