From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
EJ hits the nail on the head.
My uncle recalled one occasion he witnessed on which
fifteen drowned British soldiers' bodies were fished
with an impromptu boathook out of one shellhole filled
with mud. That was to prove a point. Usually they
didn't bother.
My uncle recalled one occasion on which a regiment,
ordered to the spot the day previously, was ordered to
charge across a quagmire and the Germans, who'd been
deep shelling (sensitive noses and a 2-second delay
fuse) the muck to stir it all up and "stabilise" the
front, stopped shooting and the officers were observed
shaking their heads in disbelief at the folly of it.
I think the sheer density of the bodies still under
the earth around Ypres would horrify people. Ypres is
very close to the Channel coast and would be an
excellent place to take schoolchildren on Great War
archaeology expeditions to learn about war and
government.
Regards
Norman Bassett
drakenfels.org
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