"Ellis Griffith, who is to speak at the Demonstration at the Queen's Hall to-morrow in favour of National Service..."

"Adeline's birthday, but she is at Eastbourne. Dull. My Dardanelles Report sent to Cabinet. General Wolfe Murray, the C.I.G.S., sent over on the telephone to say it was the most interesting thing he had read since the beginning of the war."

"Dr Ewart came to see Beb and said he was to have a fortnight's leave."

"After lunch Balfour dashed in to tell me the highly important but tremendously secret news that the French had decided to send two army corps to the Dardanelles."