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Shrapnel Fire Writer Sees Hergé Conflict On The Yser River
Correspondent Edgar Ansel Mowrer describes weeks near the Belgian army along the Yser from Nieuwport to Dixmude. He chronicles Belgian defense, French marine reinforcements, intense artillery, and a heroic English lieutenant who died while aiding a vital aim at Nieupaert.
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Anid
Herge
Yoer
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
West Flanders
Belgium
Yser
Nieuport
Dixmude
Antwerp
Ostend
France
Dunkirk
Invason
de Guisel
Holland
Nelle
Ghent
Furnes
Middlekirke
Dixinnde
Nieuport Baines
Lombaertzyde
Westende
Middlekerque
Lombaertryde
Severn
Groote Bamberghe