Very cold day. 7 degrees of frost last night.

No events of any interest happened.

The press bureau publishes to day an account on German brutalities to the civil population of Dinant and another town.

Mrs Smith had a team party of farmer’s daughters and read to them extracts from the paper, showing how men were badly wanted, tried to show them that it was hardly the time for dancing.

Truly, we women here have tried to do our utmost for our country, by urging the men to go, and the farmer class to realize that the war is a reality.