The Vital Year

army Baltic Sea barbed wire became began Belgium bread British brown coal called camp at Dickebusch canal centre certainly cheer Chemnitz Christian close country road cover Curchy darkness daylight appeared deep duckboard track early Eblinghem enemy England English entered eventually excitement fair-sized feeling followed food parcels France front line trenches full pack Gentiles German Gospel grace Groise ground guns halt hard infantry interest Isaiah Israel Jews journey Kassel Koblenz land Landrecies Le Havre Leipzig Lewis gun light looked machine-gun meal miles mist morning move naval nearby Nesle night occasion open country Palestine passed pleasant potato prisoner of war prisoners railway ready realised regiment relief rest river River Humber Rouen Russians Scripture seemed shells ship side sight sleep soup station Stettin tapioca town trees unto village waiting walk week whilst wooden huts woods Word Zwickau