Transcription: George and I having no blankets, resolved to find a bed somewhere, and while asking a Frenchman in our best French, his daughter came along and invited us to their house, which was only a little way down the street. They were very poor, but treated us handsomely.   The mother, an elderly woman, doted on us, [and] gave us as much as we could possible eat and drink. [She] made us a bed on the floor, she called us at 3:15 am and had coffe ready for us. On leaving [she] was indignant when we went to make payment.  a very grim Christmas Eve, and my thoughts were far away. 107   We marched at 4:30 am towards LA BASSEE to take up position. It was Christmas Eve - and my thoughts were far away.107   Dec. 24th   We took up position at CAMBRIN, CUINCHY and GIVENCHY were just on our left; all were in a state of ruin, for heavy scrapping had been recently taking place.        George and I took over the wires of 47th Btty, and were very busy firing up our communications. We had a grand observing station - a ruined brewery - It was beautifully furnished - but everything was ruined, lovely carved furniture and ornaments - in pieces - a piano, and large gramophone, everything had been left as it stood. i secured plates, cups and an assortment of cooking utensils and took [them[ back to the guns.   Late that night, I had orders, to get into communication with 2nd Infantry Brigade. It was uncomfortable laying the line on account of rifle bullets, but did the job without mishap and got back to my dugout.     The thoughts of the previous Christmas Eve were with me, and I felt anything but happy.

Transcription: `Dec 14th   Marched through PLOEGSTRESTTE, [sic] and took up position beside the 35th Btty, behind a ruined chateau, on the grounds of which had once been a beautiful garden.   We ran our line beyond the chateau to some ruined houses, from where we had a good view of the German trenches and MESSINES beyond.106   On my way back, I went into a partly wrecked house and was surprised to find a young woman and her brother, and her five little children. The baby I took from its bed, for it reminded me of my own, she gave me some hot milk. As well as I could I tried to induce her to go away to a safe place, but she would not. She told me her husband a soldier, had been killed. I was rather upset I think over the poor little kiddies - I gave them my peppermints and odd money and came away. I never had time to go that way again, but i thought of the kiddies very often.   Dec. 18th to 20th   Remained in position for a bombardment of MESSINES. Did little firing until 20th, when the bombardment took place - it was horrific, but we had nothing much at the guns in return. The wagon line was shelled out in the morning, but fortunately only one man was wounded. We left position at 5 o'clock and marched back to our rest billet.   Dec. 21st to 23rd   Remained in rest billet until moprning of 23rd, then marched to BETHUNE and billeted in a school house.

Transcription: Nov. 22nd - Dec. 12th   This, our period of rest, was greatly appreciated for a time, but soon became monotonous.   Our Officers had short leaves, and i was fortunate, through the good graces of Major Maddocks, to obtain 48 hours to BOULOGNE. He kindly gave my dear wife instructions on his arrival in England, how to get to BOULOGNE, time etc.   I left camp on the evening of the 1st Dec and rode into HAZEBROUCK. [I] arrived by train at BOULOGNE 7 o'clock next morning, [and] I expected to meet my wife at 5 o'clock. [I] was delighted to see her at 11 o'clock - our stay together was short, the shortest 28 hours of my life, and to leave her next day was the hardest thing for me through the campaign.   I arrived back in camp next day - and we were all getting impatient to get to business again. [We[ were pleased to hear on the 11th that we were [leaving] for the firing line next day.   Dec. 13th    Marched to PONT DE NEIPPE and billeted in a farm just outside the village. [We] could hear the old familiar sounds in the distance, the rockets from the trenches.

Transcription: on the instrument and I got my two blankets. They were wet - it was snowing and freezing hard, but I slept like a top, and in the morning [I] felt a little better and quite able to carry on with the business. 104   Nov. 15th - 21st   I remained with the guns and George with the Gordons. We did considerable firing, but [with only] an occasional shell coming over, it was peace compared with the previous 17th.   We were informed that we were to be relieved by the French. [We] were to be withdrawn and to have a rest, to refit and get made up in horses and men.   I was also told that the Centre Section had had a warm time. Hodges19, my lube offman, was killed. Taylor20, Farmer and several others wounded.   We were elated at the idea of a rest, and a change from the ceaseless scrapping of the last weeks - and we sadly needed a rest.   Nov. 22nd   Left our position at dawn and marched to YPRES, the whole country was in a terrible condition, not a farm was standing - and the town itself was ruined. The beautiful buildings destroyed, how different when we marched through less than a month before. We got safely through the town and marched all day. It was very cold, [and] I walked most of the time, for my old charger could not keep his legs on the slippery roads.   We arrived at night and billeted at a farm a few miles from MERRISS, where we were to stop and rest. How strange it seemed to be away from the ceaseless roar of gun fire, etc. The sheds, barns, cow-houses in which we slept seemed to us like mansions. 105

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Description: Este un volum de jurnal din cele trei deţinute de Biblioteca Judeţeană Octavian Goga Cluj. || Dumitru Nistor, ţăran din satul Năsăud s-a născut în 1893. Visând din copilărie să călătorească şi să vadă ţări străine, în 1912, când vine vremea “număraşului” (recrutării) el cere să fie primit nu în miliţia ardeleană, unde erau recrutaţi de obicei românii, ci în marina austro-ungară. Terminând şcoala de marină, după o călătorie la Viena, este îmbarcat ca Geschützvormeister (“primul îndreptător de tun”) pe vasul SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth, cu destinaţia Asia. Prins de război în Marea Chinei, crucişătorul Kaiserin Elisabeth participă la câteva bătălii navale, pentru ca în 2 noiembrie 1914 să se hotărască scufundarea lui. Echipajul pierde şi lupta terestră, este luat prizonier de japonezi şi transportat în arhipelagul nipon. Timp de zece luni, ţăranul-marinar din Năsăud va fi prizonier într-o mănăstirea buddhistă din Himeji, iar apoi mutat într-un lagăr, construit special pentru prizonierii germani şi austrieci, la Aonogahara, nu departe de Kobe, unde va rămâne până la sfârşitul anului 1919.

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