Usual day’s work. Heard that the Russians have stopped fighting in places1 and the Germans are driving them back. Freddie went on leave. Fritz2 shelled a lot. I got a new patient in Freddie’s ward.
German aeroplanes over at night bombing. A lot of anti-aircraft stuff in action and the noise pretty loud.
Off at night and went to Y M with Harry Bascombe and Gus. Had short walk afterwards.
“The Russians have stopped fighting…”: ALL had noted the February Revolution in his diary entry of 18 March, and had also noted a rumour of Russian withdrawal from the war on 19 May. In fact Russian involvement in the war, though increasingly unenthusiastic, continued officially until October/November 1917. ↩
Fritz: a name given to German troops by the British and others in the First and Second World Wars. ↩