Eighteen months in the war zone

A woman's contemporaneous account of working at a coastal base near the Western Front during the early years of the war. The diary traces the town's rapid transformation into a city of tents, hospitals, and supply huts, describes improvised casualty-clearing stations, hospital ships, and the arrival and treatment of wounded, and records daily routines, logistical challenges, and encounters with local civilians and soldiers. It combines practical reportage of medical and organizational improvisation with reflective passages on suffering, sacrifice, and the human costs of industrialized warfare.