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But I got little rest for the firing stared with in:
:creased intensity, and so continued till nearly
6.0 the 'all clear” finally sounding at 6.30.
After the longest 'alerte' we had experienced since
the war began. Are we in for it all tonight again?
The raid was actually on Glasgow, where a good
deal of damage is said to have been done. Here,
despite the racquet, no bombs were dropped
on Edinburgh nor in the neighbourhood

15th. March 1941
Last night's raid was again on the ship-building
yards etc. at Glasgow, and a good deal of
damage is said to have been done but no
details are given. Here the first 'all clear'
was sounded just after mid-night. Now
in case of an alerte I partially undress,
put on a dressing-grown and under
my 'duvey' sleep comfortably, except when
the guns become noisey. Last night I was
able to go correctly to bed when our first
raid ceased. At 5.30 a.m., or thereabouts,
came a second alerte and shortly
thereafter there was a short, and fierce
outbreak of gun-fire. The all-clear came at 6.15. Just before it finished
I heard a plane cross the sky above the house
It must have been German for within a
few seconds the gunfire came. There was one

regular burst then four noises like hitting wood in
quick succession followed by the total silence
of the night. I wonder if the plane was brought
down and if so by what agency? The
night fighters are no longer having it all their
own way. Forty two of them have already been des:
:troyed this month which is considerably more
than for any complete month hitherto.
Rationing is more extensively applied in this
war than the last, and there is difficulty in obtaining
our rationed allowances of certain things – Meat, &
sausages for instance. Jam, Syrup, and treacle
are to be rationed next week, and there is even
a talk of their rationing eggs! Now I dont
trouble whether I eat meat or not. For breakfast
I have a large bowl of rough porridge & milk,
with coffee and milk; for lunch, frequently
at the club, a dish of meat, rarely butcher meat,
and stewed fruit, for dinner an egg dish
or fish and a milk pudding - Twice a day
after a meal I take a tea spoon full of malt
and cod-liver oil – and except for slight
sciatica, which is brought on by cold, I never
felt better in my life. In the recent visits
of Nazi planes, which were en route to & returning
from Glasgow – no bombs were dropped, except
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