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the North of France never developed the characteristic Frenchman – impulsive & passionate.
But tell John it is almost miraculous the way grass, clover & crops grow here: at a most prodigious rate, and of course the land bears very heavy crops.
The farmers in some places proceed quietly within 1½ miles of the front lines – thats the closest I know of: the tendency is for the Military to keep them further back.
At Fleur Baix [Fleuxbaix] (Flanders) an old woman had her house with in 3000 yds; there were shrapnel holes in her roof but she calmly went on: one of her young calves was killed by a shell bursting prematurely from a battery gun behind her house. Curiously at Armentieres the electric light was supplied from Lille, the latter in German