Friends of France; . f our work we had become soaccustomed to dreadful sights and to suffering as tobe little affected by them. The sides and floor of ourcars had often been bathed in blood; our ears had notinfrequently been stirred by the groans of men inagony. But these sufferers from the new form of at-tack inspired in us all feelings of pity beyond any thatwe had ever felt before. To see these big men bentdouble, convulsed and choking, was heartbreakingand hate-inspiring. At ten oclock we were ordered to Poperinghe,about twenty miles from Dunkirk and three milesfrom Ypres, where one of the
Friends of France; . f our work we had become soaccustomed to dreadful sights and to suffering as tobe little affected by them. The sides and floor of ourcars had often been bathed in blood; our ears had notinfrequently been stirred by the groans of men inagony. But these sufferers from the new form of at-tack inspired in us all feelings of pity beyond any thatwe had ever felt before. To see these big men bentdouble, convulsed and choking, was heartbreakingand hate-inspiring. At ten oclock we were ordered to Poperinghe,about twenty miles from Dunkirk and three milesfrom Ypres, where one of the biggest battles of thewar was just getting under way. The town was filledwith refugees from Ypres, which was in flames anduninhabitable. Through Poperinghe and beyond itwe slowly wound our way in the midst of a solidstream of motor trucks, filled with dust-coveredsoldiers coming up to take their heroic part in stem-ming the German tide. We were to make our head-quarters for the time at Elverdinghe, but as we ap- 122. A POSTE DE SECOURS IN FLANDERS
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