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for about an hour. Picture nearly a thousand wounded on the beach with crockery, theatre fittings etc all piled up around them. Of course some very stupid things were done as always are done at fires. A lot of stuff was spoiled from rough handling.
At the time I felt that it was a tragedy and that Fate had been very unkind to poor Belgium, to even deny her a shelter for her wounded.
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