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at ruins of the cloth hall.
his spade unearthed these remains. What coincidenceThese British Scouts
needed no further proof of the futility of settling International quarrels in such a
barbarous manner, for this skeleton reminded them that hundreds of others had
met their fate so suddenly when the hill was: blown sky high.
They returned to Ypres through a torrent of rain, and were relieved and
cheered to see signs of the Tommies' undaunted spirits still standing, in the shape
of Ypres League sign-boards marking Hell Fire Corner," Clapham Junction,"
etc. And so, having spent a full, interesting, and edifying day, returned to camp
at Ostend, thankful that they had been privileged to take part in such an outing.
P. Owen.
To my mind it was the most simple, and yet the most descriptive of all I saw.
I felt I' wanted to stay and keep watch with him, so lonely, yet real did he seem.
We stopped for tea on the very summit of Hill 60. Oh, hill of wonderful
memoriesHow we thrilled during the war to hear of your capture in such a
terrible, yet majestic manner! And now we were to have tea on your very crown!
Surely our cup of content was now filled to the brim. But Fate had still one
more card to play, and this seemed to be destined to seal the impression that had
steadily grown in our minds—that war was a terrible and useless waste of good
honest lives.
The decayed remnants of some poor German some mother's son were
unearthed even whilst we were in the middle of tea. The owner of the tea shanty
(it was called "No Man's Land Café") was performing some gardening feat when
