Friends of France; . One hundred metres back of the hospitalrose the hills forming the other side of the the slope of one of these was the rapidly growinggraveyard where the bodies of .the soldiers who haddied at the hospitals were laid. Among them wasthe body of Richard Hall, the young American am-bulance driver who lost his life during the attack,when his machine was struck by a shell on the roadup the mountain. On the east side of the hospitalpassed a small road that led up to the graveyard,and beyond this was an open field where an aerobomb fell with disastrous results to one fow


Friends of France; . One hundred metres back of the hospitalrose the hills forming the other side of the the slope of one of these was the rapidly growinggraveyard where the bodies of .the soldiers who haddied at the hospitals were laid. Among them wasthe body of Richard Hall, the young American am-bulance driver who lost his life during the attack,when his machine was struck by a shell on the roadup the mountain. On the east side of the hospitalpassed a small road that led up to the graveyard,and beyond this was an open field where an aerobomb fell with disastrous results to one fowl and tothe windows of the hospital on that side. In thehospital yard on this side were put the ambulancesneeding repairing, and in rush times part of the otherside of the yard was also required. Here was rathera good-sized building, the front end of which was themorgue and the other end the laundry. Behind itwas a small shelter where the bloody stretchers werecleaned. It was in these surroundings, with the rows 58. EFFECT OF GERMAN SHELLS IN ALSACE (THANN)


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