6.)

It must be easy to tell bad stories of every furious fight, but the
right spirit is surely that shown by Mr. Gibbs in another despatch
(_Daily Chronicle_, July 7, 1916): "The enemy behaved well, I am told,
to our wounded men at some parts of the line, and helped them over the
parapets. This makes us loth to tell other stories not so good."

Again, on July 21, 1916: "It was the turn of the stretcher-bearers, and
they worked with great courage. And here one must pay a tribute to the
enemy. 'We had white men against us,' said one of the officers, 'and
they let us get in our wounded without hindrance as soon as the fight
was over.'"

"'This war!' said a German doctor, 'We go on killing each other to no
purpose.'" (_Daily Chronicle_, July 5, 1916.)

And on this side:

The wife of a petty officer described to me the arrival of the
first batch of wounded. It happened that these were chiefly
Germans. "I thought I wouldn't care so long as I didn't see our
poor boys carried up," she said, "but when I saw them, Germans
or not, I couldn't help crying." I gathered that the sight of
the sufferers swept away every feeling but sympathy amongst the
onlookers. She told me of the funerals to the little churchyard
outside the barracks, and of the "loneliness" of the dead
Germans. She had wept by those nameless graves, thinking of
those that belonged to these strangers.--Louie Bennett in the
_Labour Leader_.

I remember a Cockney boy of fifteen telling me how at Southend he had
gone for fun to see wounded Germans brought ashore. But the fun died out
in his heart at the reality, and he ran away.

The little incident I will next mention has special charm because of the
beautiful spirit shown by every one concerned. A wounded German, Albert
Dill, lay in hospital here. He was asked by a visitor if there was
anything that he specially wished for. He answered. "Flowers for the
dear English nurse, more than anything else." The flowers were sent and
his letter of gratitude is touching. There were far more than he
expected, he said, and his joy was the greater. "The pleasure of the
nurses and the doctors too was great when they saw this rich gift of
flowers (diese reiche Blumenspende).... This day will often remind me of
the good and self-sacrificing nursing that I have had here in this
hospital." And the "dear English nurse" writes: "The flowers you sent at
the request of Albert Dill were in