Wednesday 13 May 2015

May 13,1915

Sighted mainland of Africa. Lecture by Chaplain Maxwell on Red Sea and Egypt. Red Sea 1300 miles long, Gulf of Suez 170, canal from sea to sea 87, canal proper 66. Yesterday passed vicinity of Jeddah, port of Mecca 50 miles inland. Also Suakim where Kitchener disembarked for Khartoum campaigns.

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