Antwerp is being shelled & the Palais de Justice is destroyed. Tomorrow we shall hear of its downfall. If only the Allied army could have come up & helped the Belgians, but at present it is 70 miles away & matters are looking very serious.

In the morning. Ellis & I rearranged the medicine cupboard. We want to have an emergency cupboard where are to be kept dressings & lotions & bandages. Wrote to Agnes, packed up eggs for Ursula, scolded both dogs for their bad behaviour, but fear they did not take it to heart. Went to Tavistock for drill. Excitement among the detachment because an order has come from Exeter for 4 members to be nurses & two Cooks, Miss Couran & Miss Walker for the latter, Miss Bennett & Ms Hughes for nurses.

It was such a lovely afternoon warm & sunny & the moor was looking glorious. Choir practice at 7. Had a good go at Merbecke.

In the paper to day is a statement by the press bureau about the spy system, explaining that the Home Office knows about, & has its eye on all spies, and that very little information has gone through to Germany.