Item 01: Frank Hurley war diary, 21 August-28 October 1917 - Page 79
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their operations, which rank as some of the greatest achievements in mine Engineering. I spent a thoroughly enjoyable day with the Major & his officers, & made arrangements to visit the works now in hand by the Company, at Hooge, tomorrow.
17 September/17 Monday
I was up at 3 am & by 4 o'clock we were on our way to Dranoutre where we arrived at 5 am. It was necessary that we should make an early start, as the Boche generally sends over a barrage on the Menin road about 7.30 am which holds up all traffic & makes it impossible to proceed by that route. At sunrise we were in Ypres. I never saw ruins look so majestic or imposing as when silhouetted against the beautiful sunrise this morning. We visited Lille Gate, particularly beautiful in the calmness