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The Great War As I Saw It

CHAPTER XIII
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She was my constant companion till her untimely end in 1918.
The country round about Camblain l'Abbe was very peaceful and pretty, and the road to the left from the Chateau gave one a fine view of the towers of Mont St.Eloi, which were not then damaged by shells.

The two towers and the front wall of the old abbey were a striking (p.

150) object against the horizon, and could be seen for miles around.

They made a beautiful picture in the distance when seen at sunset from the trenches beyond Arras.

Those two towers must stand out in the foreground of all the memories which Canadians have of that region which was so long their war-home.


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