Angers, 8 p.m.—in the train.—We five got into the train at La Baule with kit-bags and holdalls, with the farewells of Matron and our friends, at 9.30 this morning. We are still in the same train, and shall not reach Le Mans till 11 p.m. Then what? Perhaps Station Duty, perhaps Hospital. There is said [...]
Category Archives: I. Waiting for Orders.
Sunday Evening, September 13th
Thursday, September 13, 2007
La Baule, Nantes.—Orders at last. M. and I, an Army Sister, and two Army Staff Nurses are to go to Le Mans; what for, remains to be seen; anyway, it will be work. It seems too good to be by any possibility true. We may be for Railway Station duty, feeding and dressings in trains [...]
Sunday, September 13th.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
The hospitals seem to be showing faint signs of moving. No.— has gone to Versailles, and No.— to Nantes. No.— would have gone to Versailles if they hadn’t had the bad luck to lose their tent-poles in the Welshman, and their pay-sheets and a few other important items. Had to play the hymns at three [...]
Saturday, September 12th.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Rien à dire. Tous les jours même chose—on attend des ordres, ce qui ne viennent jamais.
Friday, September 11th.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
It is said to-day that No.— is to open at Nantes immediately. That will mean, at the earliest, in a fortnight, possibly much longer. We five French speakers are again told to stand by for special orders, but I know it won’t come off. At early service yesterday among the Intercessions was one for patience [...]
Thursday, September 10th.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Dazzling day. War news, “L’ennemie se replie devant l’armée anglaise,” and that “Nos alliés anglais poursuivent leur offensive dans la direction de la Marne.”—All good so far. No letters yet.
Wednesday, September 9th.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
It is a month to-day since I left home, and seems like six, and no work yet. Isn’t it absolutely rotten? A big storm last night, and the Bay of Biscay tumbling about like fun to-day: bright and sunny again now. The French infants, boys and girls up to any age, are all dressed in [...]
Tuesday, September 8th.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Orders came last night to each Matron to provide three or five Sisters who can talk French for duty up country with a Stationary Hospital, so M. and I are put down with two Regulars and another Reserve. It is probably too much luck and won’t come off. The duties will be “very strenuous,” both [...]
Monday, September 7th.
Friday, September 7, 2007
La Baule, near Nantes. The latest wave of this erratic sea has tossed us up on to two little French seaside places north of St Nazaire, the port of Nantes. There are over 500 Sisters at the two places in hotels. No.— and No.— and part of — are at La Baule in one enormous [...]
Saturday, September 5th.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Had a perfect voyage—getting in to Nantes to-night—after that no one knows. Shouldn’t be surprised if we are sent home.