Item 02: Frank Hurley war diary, 28 October 1917-24 January 1918 - Page 7
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levelled ruins, one sees here and there smoking orifices, which appear like innumerable fumaroles. There is quite a piquant odour to the smoke, which needs no telling that the occupants in the cellars are preparing grub. Large numbers are now billeted in these subterranean rooms, which are reasonably safe. The enemy however is sending over much fire into Ypres, and I visited a room where 26 were laid out yesterday by one shell.
This morning he shelled heavily the Lille gate section and killed twelve on one corner. Ypres is also subject to Gotha visits and cellar dwellers are busy reinforcing their roofs. There is an observation balloon near the Lille gate and in which I made an ascent to 1000 feet. I had a transcending view over the ruins and over the