Up shortly after 7 o’clock. Usual day. Did a bit French in the afternoon. Felt a bit off food. On duty at night.
All posts by Arthur Linfoot
29 July 1917; Sunday
Up at 7 o’clock. Kept fairly busy all day. 3 patients went out. At Y M service at night. Had short walk before with Bob Walker and we were in the Outtersteene Road1 when Fritz2 sent some shells over in the direction of the station3.
The Outtersteene Road is a road, now the D23, running SW from Bailleul (A) to Outtersteene (B), about 5km away. Bailleul station, apparently the objective of “Fritz'” shelling, is at (C). ↩
Fritz: a name given to German troops by the British and others in the First and Second World Wars. ↩
Probably Bailleul station. ↩
28 July 1917; Saturday
27 July 1917; Friday
Up at about 7 o’clock. Kept fairly busy all day. Driver down to help me. On duty at night.
26 July 1917; Thursday
Up about 7 o’clock. Kept fairly busy in the morning. Fine day. Off duty at night.
25 July 1917; Wednesday
Up at about 7 o’clock. Kept pretty busy all day. Driver helped me. Did some French and read a bit. Off in the afternoon with Bob Walker and had a haircut and shampoo. On at night.
24 July 1917; Tuesday
Up at 7 o’clock. Kept pretty busy most of the morning, mostly first thing. Did a bit French.
23 July 1917; Monday
Up about 7 o’clock. Usual day’s work. Did Freddie’s ward too. Jones went out. On at night. Wrote letter to Leishman.
22 July 1917; Sunday
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. ↩