Two Brothers Serving in France, item 50

• March 4, 2018 22:09:18 Stella Watkin

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  From the spades and barrows near at hand,
  

  it seems that the men are still working
  

  at the cemetery, and I think they intend
  

  putting flowers on all the graves, which
  

  will make it look more beautiful than
  

  ever.  Ebbie and I were greatly pleased at
  

  the success of our journey, and I felt
  

  satisfied that I had found the exact
  

  place this time, and marked it appropriately.
  

  The Cemetery has a beautiful situation,
  

  standing high above the road, and having
  

  the sun all day. It looks ever so much
  

  better now with its footpaths ad borders of
  

  grass. Before the place had been made

  into a military cemetery, it had apparently
  

  been a sort of shrine, which are usually
  

  found at the entrance to villages in
  

  France. Steps lead up to it from the
  

  road, then there is a crucifix mounted
  

  on a high post, with a stately tree on
  

  either side, and a broken circle of smaller
  

  trees round it. Some of the trees have
  

  
  

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  been badly hit by bullets and shrapnel, and the
  

  crucifix, too, is war-scarred. As you enter,
  

  the first graves are those of the Germans,
  

  who opened the cemetery in 1916. Many of
  

  the crosses here are hit and spattered by
  

  bullets. Passing through, we come to the
  

  British section, with about 100 graves,
  

  all neatly arranged. By and by, if I am
  

  still here, I may be able to get it photographed,
  

  but even without that, I think
  

  you will be ale to form a good idea of
  

  what the place is like. So now, mother,
  

  you will be satified that Angus's resting -
  

  place is secure, properly marked, and
  

  neatly kept. Bella in a letter to me
  

  declared that it is her intention to come
  

  out to France some day, so I am satisfied
  

  now that she will be able to
  

  find the place.
  

  I am still working away quietly
  

  here, and keeping in my usual good
  

  
  

  
  

• February 10, 2018 16:56:27 Zamfirache Diana

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  3
  

  From the spades and barrows near at hand,
  

  it seems that the men are still working
  

  at the cemetery, and I think they intend
  

  putting flowers on all the graves, which
  

  will make it look more beautiful than
  

  ever. Ebbie and I were gretly pleased at
  

  the success of our journey, and I felt
  

  satisfied that I had found the exact
  

  place this time, and marked it appropriately.
  

  The Cemetery has a beautiful situation,
  

  standing high above the road, and having
  

  the sun all day. It looks ever so much
  

  better now with its footpaths ad borders of
  

  grass. Before the place had been made

  into a military cemetery, it had apparently
  

  been a sort of shrine, which are usually
  

  found at the entrance to villages in
  

  France. Steps lead up to it from the
  

  road, then there is a crucifix mounted
  

  on a high post, with a stately tree on
  

  either side, and a broken circle of smaller
  

  trees round it. Some of the trees have
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

  4
  

  been badly hit by bullets and shrapnel, and the
  

  crucifix, too, is war-scarred. As you enter,
  

  the first graves are those of the Germans,
  

  who opened the cemetery in 1916. Many of
  

  the crosses here are hit and spattered by
  

  bullets. Passing through, we come to the
  

  British section, with about 100 graves,
  

  all neatly arranged. By and by, if I am
  

  still here, I may be able to get it photographed,
  

  but even without that, I think
  

  you will be ale to form a good idea of
  

  what the place is like. So now, mother,
  

  you will be satified that Angus's resting -
  

  place is secure, properly marked, and
  

  neatly kept. Bella in a letter to me
  

  declared that it is her intention to come
  

  out to France some day, so I am satisfied
  

  now that she will be able to
  

  find the place.
  

  I am still working away quietly
  

  here, and keeping in my usual good
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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