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London. April 27th - 28th.

Tues. 27th. Capt. Dowding told me Capt. Goodall was in hospital here so I went up to see him after lunch. Bought a huge lot of flowers - tulips, roses, daffys & narcissi. Was first shown with a room where I found two unknown officers [unclear] we soon made friends & I gave them some flowers. They were Majoy Barré, a big French-Canadian & [unclear] Young of the Artillery. Major Barré is in [Kenny?] McCuaig's battalion & said he was a "regular little devil in the trenches" "cutting wires etc!" Then I saw Capt. Goodall (he has a hole the size of an egg in one arm) & Mr Gilliat wounded in the foot. It was great to see them & I stayed a long time listening to their stories of the fight. Capt. Goodall has not ever seen a German. He was wounded & fell & got up & went on with another company then hit again (the bullet glanced off but knocked him down). When he got up he was alone so could not go on & lay there till a stretcher bearer came. He was there when Capt. Rae came back. When the latter called the in the trenches, only 300 answered! Afterwards I went to see Mr Ainslie of our regiment. He said it was a great sight to see the men charging with the moon shining on their fixed bayonets & that the Germans ran like hares from them. The papers are full of the glorious deeds of the Canadians & how they saved the Allied Line. While I was in Capt. Goodall & Mr Gilliats room a photographer came in & took our photos - one with Capt. Goodall & Mrs Bowman (a lady calling) with Mr Gilliat.

Wed. 28th. The photo in the "Daily Sketch" is very good. Office all day. Went over to St. Thomas' Hospital after six to see [two?] of our men, but it was too late.