Two Brothers Serving in France, item 56

• March 4, 2018 22:28:53 Stella Watkin

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  and went miles without meeting a soul.

  It was about 2 1/4 hours walking, so

  the distance from Cambrai will be about

  eight miles. I reached Flesquieres at last,

  a melancholy group of battered houses,

  all in ruin, and tenantless, not a soul

  to be seen or a sound to be heard.

  Just before I entered the village, I reached

  the little military cemetery where Captain

  Gibson told us, so accurately, that Angus 

  was buried. It was with bated breath

  that I ascended the few steps, between two

  tall trees, at the entrance. The cemetery

  is beautifully situated, facing the sun,

  and is divided into two parts - one for

  British soldiers and one for German.

  There are about 100 German graves, and

  perhaps 60 British. There are a number

  of crosses over the British graves, but there

  is none over the men of the Tank Corps

  yet. So I had just to presume that the

  
  

• March 4, 2018 22:28:31 Stella Watkin

  5

  and went miles without meeting a soul.

  It was about 2 1/4 hours walking, so

  the distance from Cambrai will be about

  eight miles. I reached Flesquieres at last,

  a melancholy group of battered houses,

  all in ruin, and tenantless, not a soul

  to be seen or a sound to be heard.

  Just before I entered the village, I reached

  the little military cemetery where Captain

  Gibson told us, so accurately, that Angus 

  was buried. It was with bated breath

  that I ascended the few steps, between two

  tall trees, at the entrance. The cemetery

  is beautifully situated, facing the sun,

  and is divided into two parts - one for

  British soldiers and one for German.

  There are about 100 German graves, and

  perhaps 60 British. There are a number

  of crosses over the British graves, but there

  is none over the men of the Iank Corps

  yet. So i had just to presume that the

  
  

  
  

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• February 9, 2018 11:54:57 Zamfirache Diana

  and went miles without meeting a soul.

  It was about 2 1/4 hourswalking, so

  the distance from Cambrai will be about

  eight miles. I reached Flesquieres at last,

  a melancholy group of battered houses,

  all in ruin, and tenantless, not a soul

  to be seen or a sound to be heard.

  Just before I entered the village, I reached

  the little military cemetery where Captain

  Gibson told us, so accurately, that Angus 

  was burried. It was with hated breath

  that I ascended the few steps, between two

  tall trees, at the entrance. The cemetery

  is beautifully situated, facing the sun,

  and is divided into two parts - one for

  British soldiers and one for German.

  There are about 100 German graves, and

  perhaps 60 British. There are a number

  of crosses over the British graves, but there

  is none over the men of the Iank Corps

  yet. So i had just to presume that the

  
  

  
  

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