Mud and Khaki: Sketches from Flanders and France

Mud and Khaki by Vernon Bartlett is a brutally honest representation of war on the frontlines of Belgium and France. Excerpt: «Close behind the trenches on the Ypres salient stands part of „Chapel Farm“—the rest of it has long been trampled down into the mud by the many hundreds of men who have passed by there. Enough of the ruin still stands for you to trace out the original plan of the place—a house and two barns running round three sides of the farmyard that is fœtid and foul and horrible.»