The Henson Journals

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Friday, August 6th, 1915.

368th day

Warsaw has fallen at last. The precise circumstances of the disaster are as yet unknown. It is hoped that the Grand Duke has succeeded in withdrawing his armies, & in destroying the immense accumulations of war material in the great fortress, & its companions on either side which must also be evacuated. I shewed Gerald over the Cathedral before lunch, & afterwards we attended Evensong, &, as it was the Feast of the Transfiguration, we heard Cruickshank preach a sermon. Then we walked to Neville's Cross, & looked at the broken cross which marks the battlefield. I sent the MS of that wretched article to Foakes–Jackson.

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