Ben's diary

The time is no doubt approaching when
we will have to embark on a wholesale
re-evaluation of the facilities and much
of our Island infra-structure.
This was going to have to happen at
any rate (although (J) by his very na-
ture does not give it much thought)
but recent changes and interruptions *
have * caused our re-supply
* * * * * * *
* * * sustainment plans *(*
* * * them? I don't * *
*!) may have to be *
* * * * * *
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4/12 An important meeting tonight with
(R) and (M) regarding the developing situation.
We are now in day 3 of our exodus from
the village and I am, I fear, at the limit
of my tactical resources. (J)’s agenda,
which I don’t question, is however a hurried
and difficult one and I could well wish
we’d had time to prepare, not merely
for the military strike, but for a prolonged
campaign in the bush. We are short on
provisions (seasonal) and, more importantly,
the long-awaited re-supply of camp gear
having been missed (and so narrowly!) and
just as our water supply routes have been
cut off, we look like a very sad sort of
antique army. Morale, I have to say, is not
as low as the circumstances might *.
Yet, for all that, I feel apprehensive