Overview
Sat. Nov. 7.
Rain continued off + on all day + evening. Andy + I shepherded all sheep. The big batch of 9 albums for my sets of photos arrived to-day. Laing finished ploughing 10 1/2 ac[re] p[addock]. Britain at war with Turkey - Cypress annexed. Fierce fighting in west Begium - terrible slaughter of Germans in pits dug by British in front of their trenches. Reported sea-battle between Brit[ish] + German war-vessels off the coast of Chili [sic].