A surgeon in khaki . n awaywent the ambulance to bring in more wounded. Manyand large as were the schoolrooms they were quicklyfilled to overflowing. The corridors and porches werethen covered with straw, and this straw was sooncovered with rows of wounded men. The pavedcourtyard under the verandahs was covered withthick straw, and again covered with wounded. Everyfoot, every inch of floor space in the buildings andunder the verandahs was utilised. In one room wehad closely packed rows four deep, with a narrow foot-way of straw down the centre of the room for thedoctors and orderlies to pass a
A surgeon in khaki . n awaywent the ambulance to bring in more wounded. Manyand large as were the schoolrooms they were quicklyfilled to overflowing. The corridors and porches werethen covered with straw, and this straw was sooncovered with rows of wounded men. The pavedcourtyard under the verandahs was covered withthick straw, and again covered with wounded. Everyfoot, every inch of floor space in the buildings andunder the verandahs was utilised. In one room wehad closely packed rows four deep, with a narrow foot-way of straw down the centre of the room for thedoctors and orderlies to pass along. So narrow wasthis track, that it required the agility of a mountaingoat to negotiate it without bumping some poor devilsfeet, and we walked along it just as a man walksacross a ploughed field, stepping high and watchingeach step. Those densely packed rooms during thatlong night were a lurid and impressive picture of thedevastation of war. As more and more woundedcontinued to arrive we had to pack our men closer. Slightly wounded and sick at Bethune.
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