Friends of France; . s^is o oas fa OM a O as «2 fa fa --3 fao fa a PS o ~ asfa a S h H ^H o M as M THE SECTION IN FLANDERS Every school, barrack, and other large building in thetown (even the public theatre) or in the neighboringtowns within ten miles of Dunkirk, seemed to havebeen turned into a hospital. Our work was extremely-useful, the Section carrying scores and scores of sickand wounded, day after day, week in and out. Thefirst incident of an exciting nature came on the secondday. We were nearly all at the station, quietly waitingfor the next train, when high up in the air there ap-peare


Friends of France; . s^is o oas fa OM a O as «2 fa fa --3 fao fa a PS o ~ asfa a S h H ^H o M as M THE SECTION IN FLANDERS Every school, barrack, and other large building in thetown (even the public theatre) or in the neighboringtowns within ten miles of Dunkirk, seemed to havebeen turned into a hospital. Our work was extremely-useful, the Section carrying scores and scores of sickand wounded, day after day, week in and out. Thefirst incident of an exciting nature came on the secondday. We were nearly all at the station, quietly waitingfor the next train, when high up in the air there ap-peared first one, then three, and finally seven grace-ful aeroplanes. We watched, fascinated, and werethe more so when a moment later we learned thatthey were Taubes. It seemed hard to realize that wewere to witness one of the famous raids that havemade Dunkirk even more famous than the raiderJean Bart himself had ever done. Explosions wereheard on all sides and the sky was soon spotted withpuffs of white smoke from the


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