02 Nov 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

02 Nov 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

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Thu, 2 Nov 1944

Fine, warmer, showery am, light variable breeze.

Old kitchen & woodchopping.

Oil, sugar & remainder of jam  .9oz issued.

Hands healing but leg not so good.

North of Scheldt evacuated by Germany, 100 tons of bombs per min. dropped on Cologne in biggest raid against that city.  Japs admit in their own paper that situation in Leyte is serious.