Another was the young Belgian soldier picked up in the roadway near the firing line, who had been shot in the back and had not yet recovered consciousness.

Dr.Gys had removed several bits of exploded shell and dressed the wound, shaking his head discouragingly.

But since the young man was still breathing, with a fairly regular respiration, no attempt was made to restore him to his senses.
The third seriously injured was a French sergeant whose body was literally riddled with shrapnel.

A brief examination had convinced Gys that the case was hopeless.
"He may live until morning," was the doctor's report as he calmly looked down upon the moaning sergeant, "but no longer.

Meanwhile, we must prevent his suffering." This he accomplished by means of powerful drugs.