The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . dLiipc. Suddenly and without warnini; the bom-bardment bepan. With a dull drone that filledthe air the plant shell could be heard cominp forsome eipht seconds. The noise of its approach stretcher-bearers rose through the hiph-pitchcdcryinp of the hurt. . Hardly had the first am-bulance left the square when th
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . dLiipc. Suddenly and without warnini; the bom-bardment bepan. With a dull drone that filledthe air the plant shell could be heard cominp forsome eipht seconds. The noise of its approach stretcher-bearers rose through the hiph-pitchcdcryinp of the hurt. . Hardly had the first am-bulance left the square when the second shell fell,not far from where the first had landed. Afterthat the plant projectiles fell at intervals of twentyminutes. . The first day the enemy refrainedfrom usinp other shells apainsl the town, butsimply used the bip 42-ccntimctre sicpe-puns. . ,The danper of one of these vast shells reachingcommunications was quickly realized, and thewhole available force of Belpian labour units atthe disposal of the British were turned on towiden the roads at certain critical points. Underthe command of a British subaltern speakinpmany tonpues, a scratch force of Royal Engineers,the 44th and 40th Belpian Compapnie de Travail-leurs, and sundry transport lorries borrowed from. 4i_ TrcHh ,tratiD£ .Servic* RUINS OF THE CLOTH HALL AT YPRES. AFTER THE CERMAN BOMBARDMENT increased till it sounded like the roar of thepassing of an express train; then fell the shell,and the plant burst of its detonation seemed toshake the solid earth. The Grand Place wasfilled with people passinp about their ordinaryavocations when the first of these monsters fell. Itburst in a group of houses to the north side of thesquare, of which the Hotel de la ChatcUenie wasone. and the blast of its explosion drove a hailof fragments and masonry across the open was confusion; the vast cloud of smoke anddust ascended to twice the heipht of the Cathedraltowers and bellied out like a dark yellow fogacro
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