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Title: At Ypres with Best-Dunkley

Author: Thomas Hope Floyd

Release Date: February 21, 2006 [EBook #17813]

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AT YPRES WITH BEST-DUNKLEY

By THOMAS HOPE FLOYD

LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXX
_Garden City Press, Letchworth, Herts._

TO

ALL RANKS OF THE

SECOND-FIFTH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS

WHO FELL AT

YPRES

ON THE THIRTY-FIRST OF JULY, 1917

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

"... Henceforth
These are our saints.

These that we touched, and kissed,
And frowned upon;
These that were frail, yet died because the good
Was overthrown.

That they in one dread hour
Were terrible
Stains not their sainthood, nor is heaven less sure
That they knew hell.

How beautiful they are,
How bright their eyes.
Their hands have grasped the key
Of Paradise!

They hold it out to us,
Our men, our sons
... To us
The lonely ones."

--THOMAS MOULT.[1]

FOOTNOTE:

[1] Quoted with Mr. Moult's permission.

FOREWORD

No doubt it will be thought that some apology is necessary for thrusting
upon the public all this mass of matter, relating to many persons and
episodes with whom and with respect to which they may feel that they are
in no way concerned. I quite realize that my action may appear strange
and uncalled for to the superficial observer. But I do not hold that
view. I, personally, have always felt a desire to read this kind of
literature. The Press does not cease to pour forth volumes of memoirs by
leading and prominent persons--matter which is all wanted for a true
understanding of the history of our times. But this is not enough. We
require all the personal narratives we can get; and, in my opinion