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With the Guns of Ypres received scant mention in his letters; but one remains, which brings into relief one of the many moves of that tumultuous time.

Such, then, was the life in Flanders fields in which the verse was born. This is no mere surmise. There is a letter from Major-General E. W. B. Morrison, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., who commanded the Brigade at the time, which is [81]