Same sort of weather, heavy showers & bright sunshine in between, see very rough. The Russians had taken a strong Turkish fortress in Mesopotamia some way north of Bagdad.

Mr Balfour tells us that the defences of the country a hopeless deficient because we haven’t enough guns or aeroplanes to defend us, but that we hope to soon. This is encouraging, but how can we expect to have enough to defend us as well as to take part in this vaste war.