On the left of the line there is blue among the brown of our armies, and on the morning of the battle I saw French limbers and transport wagons using the same tracks as our own, and heard the rattle of the "soixante-Quinze" again below Houthulst Forest, where there are still leaves on the trees and the beauty of a dense yellowing foliage is there beyond all those other woods where there are only fangs and stumps of trees in the fields where our men have fought.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Over 160,000 shells were fired by the "soixante-Quinze" batteries at the German positions in the marshes and on the west side of Houthulst Forest.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Just inside the door on the right of the hall was a wee room decorated in Louis Quinze style, and into this they went.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor