Baedeker, a German guidebook for tourists

5. Tpres, a Belgian city in Flanders. Ypres was the scene of fierce fighting in November, 1914, and again in April, 1915. The Cloth Hall, one of its finest monuments, was almost entirely destroyed by bombardment. British, Scotch and Canadian regiments made a heroic defense at Ypres.

Pages 46. — i. les Jack Johnsons, a name given by the British soldiers to some of the biggest German shells.

2. les pompons rouges, here the Highlanders with the red tuft or pompon on their caps.

Il8 NOTES

Page 47. — i. en Artois, a province of northern France with Arras for its capital. Much fighting took place around it. In May, 19 1 5', the British launched an offensive in Artois.

2. roffider anglais a rempli, à la lettre, son rôle de trépied vivant, the English officer . literally played Ms part of a living machine-gun tripod.

Page 48. — I. le bombardement reprend de plus belle, the bombardment is renewed with greater intensity than ever.

2. un soldat anglais n'y tient plus, a British soldier can no longer stand it.