10 The Ypres Times.
1. Boesinghe. We only knew
this as our neighbouring sector
on the left, and had a hazy idea
that it stretched to and across
the Yser Canal, forming the ex
treme left of the British front
and joining hands with the Bel
gians. One imagines that bathing
and boating facilities must have
been rather restricted near the
point where the line crossed the
Canal!
2. Pilckem. A winter's night
in 1916 gave us our first intro
duction to this choice spot and
nothing could have been more
peaceful than the support trenches
by Lancashire Farm. Then sud
denly, at about 3 a.m., it came,
and in half an hour we knew all
we wanted to know about inten
sive bombardment. Members of
the "Ypres League" will need
no description of our sensatioss
during the strafe they have
been through it themselves. But no
line was better "taped than that
one and casualties were heavy.
3. The Willows. Lying to the right of Pilckem Sector, this sector was linked up with
it only by a solitary island post," isolated out in the mud and only to be approached
or relieved by night. Visiting this post by crawling along an alleged duckboard track
in the dark was eerie enough, but a 48-hour spell of duty there must have been a grim
ordeal. The ruined Turco Farm was in this sector and Boundary Road ran straight
out into No Man's
Imperial War Museum.'] [Photo.
Lancashire Farm,
Crown Copyright.
Imperial War Museum[Photo. Crown Copyright.
Heli, Fire Corner and Menin Road.
Land and the enemy
line.
4. Hill Top. Memor
able for its deep dug
out of unsavoury at
mosphere, and for For
ward Cottage and Ad
miral's Road, but most
memorable to us as our
jumping-olf ground at
zero hour on J uly, 31st,
1917, with all the lurid
experiences which fol
lowed.
5. Wieltje. Winding
through the ruined vil
lage, with Lythain Cot
tage and Argyle Farm
lying out in front. Can
