Vol.08.p.028

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August 8, 1914

On this day Drummond arrived and we proceeded with the division.

August 8 to August 18, 1914

The objects were grouped in equal lots or pairs of lots and assigned partly by agreement, but mostly by casting lots. The agreements were signed on the 18th.

August 19, 1914

Proceeded to finish photography and packing of Kerma material.
Dunham has been working on the plans of the mastabas and assisting me by drawings and paintings of Kerma objects.

August 28, 1914

From telegrams, it appears that the allies have been forced back into France by a terrific massed attack of the Germans on their left flank. It appears to me personally that the Germans will be in or around Paris by the 10th of September. The only hope seems to be that the Russian invasion of East Prussia may draw troops from France and so enable the allies to make a stand.

September 1, 1914

The Russians seem to have suffered a reverse in East Prussia.

September 5, 1914

Reported that the Russians after a great victory have taken Lemberg, but Germans are nearing Paris.

September 6, 1914

Germans appear to be pressing on irresistibly to the west and southwest of Paris in order to surround the French forces clinging to Verdun-Toul.

September 9, 1914

The allies appear to be breaking up the right of the German attack.

September 12, 1914

The allies have driven the Germans back to the Aisne. This news fills us with relief and the hope that the Germans may soon be driven out of France.
Since the beginning of the war, Turkey has been mobilizing. It is reported that she has one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) men in Palestine-Syria prepared to invade Egypt. It seems to me that this is all due to German intrigues. The mass of lies being circulated by the Wolff Bureau in Turkey is appalling. The Germans are piling up a heavy score

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