Many of them seemed to be razed almost level with the ground.

The evidences of battle were everywhere.

He surmised that it had been held for a while by the Germans on their retreat from the Marne, and that the lighting there had been desperate.
In the lower ground on the near side of the stream were many small board houses arranged in a square, and these he knew were the hospital.

He would remain there until the last of the wounded were discharged, and then he would enter Chastel.

Mallet informed him that his surmises were correct and he saw for himself that the head of the train had already turned into the square around which the little board houses were built.
The transferring of the hurt, took nearly all the morning, and John faithfully performed his part.