Item 05: Sydney B. Young war diary, 25 September 1917-6 February 1918 - Page 17

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[Page 17]

could not stay there all night, found us billets in a convent.

10th In the morning we left at 8 a.m. for Ypres which is in
Belgium about 10 kilos from Poperinghe.
The aeroplanes are far bigger and faster than any I have
previously seen, the main feature being the new British Triplane.               
Ypres is simply a mass of devasted Brick-work, ruins, ruins as
far as the eye can see.

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