War Diaries (August 13) (nonfiction)
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Margaret Kelly : August 13, 1914
England has declared war on Austria. Germany has made no head way in Belgium
[Schlieffen Plan]. The forces of the nations are gathering up for a fearful battle. If only something could stop it, it is too terrible to contemplate.
No one knows where our army and navy is at least when I say no one, of course one forgets the authorities. The King for instance is kept informed by wireless telegraphy, the exact position of every ship.
The Atlantic is being guarded by our cruisers so that our food supply shall not be cut off.
Last night Plymouth was full of soldiers but today they have gone. No one saw them go, like the swallows they were seen collecting, but their departure was done secretly.
- Diary of Margaret Kelly @ Kelly House
