On that day, the King had arrived on a flying visit to the front, and some of his staff were billeted at the hotel.

The following day I visited the Second Army Headquarters in the Casino Building, and met some of our old friends who had gone there from the Canadian Corps.

In the afternoon I rode off to St.
Omer, little Philo running beside me full of life and spirits.

It was a hot and dusty ride.

I put up at the Hotel du Commerce, where I met several Canadian officers and many airmen.