The Belgian cycling community is mourning the loss of 18-year-old Miel Dekien
who was killed in a car accident in Diksmuide
who was set to make his debut with Basso Team Flanders in 2025
was not riding his bike at the time of the accident
He was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a crash in Beerst
The incident also claimed the life of another 18-year-old
a talented young rider from had recently made the successful transition from cyclocross to road racing
he earned a solid result with a fourth-placed finish at the GP Bob Jungels
His promising future in the sport had led to him signing a contract with Basso Team Flanders just a few months ago
He was to ride for the prestigious club team in 2025
Our thoughts are with the family and loved ones of Miel Dekien
Rest in peace ❤️ pic.twitter.com/3WWC2A5zpY
— Eurosport (@eurosport) November 9, 2024
we inform you of the passing of one of our new riders for 2025,” Basso Team Flanders shared on Instagram
and we are grateful for the many beautiful moments we shared.”
A post shared by Ostend Air College (@cqacyclingteam)
and we will cherish your memory always.”
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CategoriesCategoriesEnglishGENERAL, SOCIETYRemains of Belgian soldier from World War I found in West Flanders8 November 2024
A contractor has discovered the remains of a Belgian soldier from the First World War In Diksmuide
This is a rare find because there were far fewer Belgian soldiers active in the war compared to British
While constructing a wooden walking and cycling path in Diksmuide at the end of September
The remains were found along the dyke of the Yser river
The police decided to report the find to the Flemish Heritage Agency
and also notify the War Graves Department of the War Heritage Institute
the body was exhumed by an archaeological team
The initial investigation showed that it probably was a Belgian soldier from the First World War
The last time a fallen Belgian soldier from World War I was found was in 2016
That’s because there were far fewer Belgian soldiers active in the war compared to British
The Heritage Agency will now investigate the body further
The War Graves Department will search the archives to see if they can trace the fallen soldier's identity
The soldier wore a soldier's ring with the year 1915 on it
The remains of clothing point to a uniform that was only in use by troops at the Yser river from 1915
just before the commemoration of Armistice Day
reminds us of the many thousands of unknown soldiers of World War I,” said Flemish heritage minister Ben Weyts
“There are so many boys who were never identified or who are still missing
We should be so grateful to our ancestors for all the sacrifices they made for our freedom and prosperity
Every soldier we still find will be given a respectful final resting place.”
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A building site Portaloo that had ended up floating in a river in the western town of Diksmuide caused considerable concern among emergency service workers on Sunday amid fears the portable toilet could still have someone on its seat when it ended up in the water. Fortunately, this was not the case.
Earlier on Sunday evening emergency services had received an unusual call-out. Passers-by had noticed a Portaloo floating in the city centre, on a tributary of the River IJzer. As it was not clear whether anyone was on the loo at the time, the fire service immediately attended the scene and several divers were deployed.
Fortunately, the toilet turned out to be free. Where exactly the Portaloo had originated and how it had ended up in the water is not clear. The police are conducting an investigation and are not ruling out that vandals dumped the toilet in the river.
© Jessy van der WerffThe brick volumes rest on a concrete plinth, behind which the bicycle and car parking spaces are located. An important aspect of the design is the integration of bikes and cars into the building. How can we remove the car from the streetscape in the most well-considered way possible, without creating a dead space? Circular openings in the prefab concrete arouse curiosity in those passing by and allow interaction between them and the residents.
the project was a challenge: the buildings are supported by pile foundations
whereby a prior bomb detection took place for all 120 piles as the site was full of explosives from World War I
we touch on a number of important themes such as social housing
the interaction between public and private spaces
all of which give the project an important social relevance
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To put together a new book of images of World War I, The First World War: Unseen Glass Plate Photographs of the Western Front, Carl De Keyzer restored original plates made by photographers whose work
was printed without fanfare and viewed at a much smaller size
De Keyzer’s book offers photographs of soldiers
and landscapes in a large format that represents the war with startling clarity
Some of the most striking images in the book are this series of photographs by Arthur Brusselle
the Belgian government commissioned Brusselle to go to the places where the war had hit hard and record what he saw
These plates are held by the archive of the City of Bruges
Two of the towns in the photographs below—Diksmuide and Nieuwpoort—were the sites of the Belgian Army’s final stand against the invading German Army
created a 22-mile defensive line from Nieuwpoort to a village named Zuidschote
during which the Belgians purposefully flooded part of this landscape in order to deter German advances
ended in defeat for the Germans and allowed Belgium to keep a small percentage of its land under its own control
Police in the West Flemish town of Diksmuide have arrested 4 people after the driver of the vehicle they were travelling in ran amok damaging several vehicles and also almost running over a pregnant woman and her daughter
The incident began at around 3.30pm on Sunday on the carpark of the Carrefour supermarket in on the Stationstraat in Diksmuide
Witnesses report seeing a white car with 4 people aboard collide with another vehicle
The driver of the car sped off colliding with at least 3 more vehicles in the process
was walking with her 3-year-old daughter Maybelle
but at the very last minute thankfully the driver slammed on the brakes
Those inside the car laughed at us and then sped off with tyres screeching
We were stiff with fear and completely in shock”
After a chase the police were able to intercept the vehicle
The car was being driven by a 30-year-old man from Ostend (West Flanders)
who is from Diksmuide and 2 women aged 27 and 29 from Bredene and Knoke-Heist (both West Flanders were also aboard the vehicle
An criminal investigation is now under way
The driver of the van was found to be under the influence of drugs
During a search of the vehicle the police found a white powder
Madison Geneyn told VRT News that she walked past the vehicle after it had been intercepted and saw that “there was cocaine everywhere in the caqr”
"One of the women was dressed in a rabbit onesie she was shaking
The other woman was crying and kept repeating that she needed to go to her ‘clients'
The driver tried to escape on foot and shouted that he would kill everyone
He was banging on windows and doors and was eventually apprehended in a garden”
2017Wild poppies grow in the 'Trench of Death'
a preserved World War I trench system in Diksmuide
(Jack Taylor/Getty Images)It is perhaps the most famous poem to come out of the Great War
“In Flanders Fields” was written in 20 minutes — just 15 lines in all — but it spoke volumes about those who lost their lives during the First World War on a field near Ypres
In Flanders fields/The poppies blow/Between the crosses/Row on row
Born in Ontario in 1872 and educated in public schools
he was only 15 when he joined the local militia
he won a scholarship to the University of Toronto
where he earned his bachelor’s degree and went on to study medicine
he did his residency at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
McCrae kept his ties with the military and advanced to the rank of lieutenant in his hometown militia
He also was a member of the Toronto militia
McCrae was the author of scientific articles
he was awarded a fellowship at McGill University but postponed enrolling to serve his country in the Boer War
He went to South Africa in 1900 as commander of D Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery
he left the war disturbed by the poor treatment of the sick and wounded
McCrae returned to Canada in 1905 and then took a position at the University of Vermont teaching pathology
he was made brigade surgeon with the rank of major
Most Canadians and Brits entered Europe across the English Channel into the Flanders region of Belgium
Some 5,000 men would die in just a short time
“I wish I could embody on paper some of the varied sensations of that seventeen days
At the end of the first day if anyone had told us we had to spend seventeen days there
we would have folded our hands and said it could not have been done.”
Helmer was killed when a shell burst at his feet
McCrae performed the burial ceremony for his friend and countryman
John McCrae (Parks Canada)Though there are several different accounts of how Helmer’s death inspired the poem
McCrae sat on the back of an ambulance and poured out his grief on paper
“The poem was exactly an exact description of the scene in front of us both
He used the word blow in that line because the poppies actually were being blown that morning by a gentle east wind
It never occurred to me at that time that it would ever be published
It seemed to me just an exact description of the scene.”
but fortunately it was retrieved by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Morrison
Morrison sent it to several London publications
and it was published by Punch magazine on December 8
Gardening experts tell us that poppies grow and thrive only in soil that is frequently disturbed
the tumult of battle had uprooted the whole front
Poppies were in bloom all over the Flanders landscape
Like the blood spilled from thousands of soldiers
The red corn poppy (Papaver rheoeas) was native to Europe and also was prominent in the Napoleonic Wars
“In Flanders Fields” became an instant favorite all over the world
It was particularly popular in Canada and the U.S
Ads featuring lines from it helped raise $400 million for the war effort in Canada alone
A red poppy adorns a wooden cross over a plaque with the poem 'In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae at Essex Farm in Boezinge
2013.(Virginia Mayo/AP)His poem went on to achieve immortality
appearing on Canadian $10 bills and a 1968 commemorative stamp
It inspired songs by Canadian composers Michael Roberts and Jon Brooks and the American John Philip Sousa
Proceeds from the sale of poppies were used to benefit disabled veterans
was so taken with the poem that she wrote a poem in response titled “We Shall Keep the Faith.” It began:
Michael resolved to make the poppy a reminder of McCrae and millions of others who lost their lives in war
She mounted a long campaign that led the American Legion to adopt the red poppy in 1920 as its symbol of remembrance
In 1918 McCrae had been named consulting surgeon for the entire British army
but the war had left him weary and unhealthy
Late in January 1918 he developed pneumonia and meningitis
He died on January 28 and was buried with full military honors at Wimereux
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, in 2011. For more on MHQ and other HistoryNet publications, go here
CategoriesCategoriesEnglishCULTURE, POLITICSIJzerwake: Right-wing sympathisers' controversial annual gathering7 August 2023
At the end of August
Ypres will again be the scene of the annual IJzerwake
a weekend gathering of far-right sympathisers
The event began as a protest against the IJzerbedevaart
a yearly pilgrimage to commemorate the fallen Flemish soldiers of the First World War
after it changed its message from "Never Again War
Self-Government and God's Peace" to "Peace
To understand how the pilgrimage came about
It was then that the IJzer Pilgrimage was born
which takes place every year on the last day of August
The first pilgrimages went to places where a "beloved" Flemish person was buried
When the IJzer Tower was built in 1928 and inaugurated in 1930
the pilgrimage continued to this peace monument in the West Flemish town of Diksmuide
the remains of nine war heroes were buried in the tower's crypt
It was also during this period that the pilgrimage became one of the main manifestations of the Flemish Movement
an association dedicated to the cause of an autonomous Flanders
The commemorations continued after the Second World War
neo-Nazis from all over Europe came to Diksmuide
the pilgrimage committee made the event accessible to a wider audience
including changing the slogan to "Peace
The right wing of the organisation described this new approach as "grave robbing" and in 1996 decided to break with the organisation for good
a Flemish historian and member of the committee
took the floor to explicitly condemn the collaboration of a significant part of Flemish nationalism with Nazi Germany between 1940 and 1944 and to ask for a "historical pardon" in the name of the Flemish Movement
The reaction of the radical wing was to set up the IJzerwake in 2003
While the original pilgrimage attracted MPs from all Flemish parties
the organisers of the IJzerwake mainly invited radical figures
the pilgrimage has taken place on 11 November
the commemoration of the armistice that marked the end of the First World War
but the IJzerwake still takes place on the last weekend of August
the organisers of the IJzerwake are causing a stir in Ypres
a festival of far-right groups that was to take place on the eve of the IJzerwake
the same council will discuss the participation of Dries Van Langenhove
founder of the far-right Flemish youth movement Schild & Vrienden
After last year's cancellation of Frontnacht
a peace charter was drawn up containing anti-discrimination rules and other conditions for events taking place in Ypres
The Ypres Peace Collective believes Van Langenhove's presence at the IJzerwake violates this charter
an evening of singing on the eve of the IJzerwake
"Announcing an event without permission and how they communicate it does not help build trust," Ypres mayor Emmily Talpe (Open VLD) told VRT NWS
"We wouldn't tolerate that from other organisations either."
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The 26-year-old will guide the team’s younger riders
Jordi Warlop is an experienced rider in his own right
having ridden for several high-profile teams
A crash part way through the 2022 season curtailed his season
and with Jordi coming back to full fitness
the team will be looking to use his experience to help to guide some of the team’s younger riders
as well as looking for some strong performances in his own right
so I know what it means to ride for Soudal Quick-Step
I am excited about the prospect of helping some of the younger riders on the team
as well as helping to prove my condition and show that I am fully recovered from my crash.”
This was echoed by Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team manager Bart Roosens: “We have seen Jordi’s talents on the bike
who has the experience to be able to guide some of the younger riders as they start to build their careers
He is also very keen to show that he is fully recovered from his injuries and he is strong again
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You’re looking at a Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector in action
the mother and father of all flamethrowers
capable of torching everything as far as 100 to 130 feet away (30 to 40 meters.) They were deployed for the first time in World War I by the British Army
World War I was perhaps even more horrible and savage than World War II
with dreadful chemical weapons—like mustard gas
phosgene and chlorine—that have been banned ever since
the mere sight of these gigantic flames must have caused soldiers to run in panic and never look back
The full-size unit you can see in action here was built by the British archeology TV program Time Team after historians from Glasgow University’s Centre for Battlefield Archaeology found the remains of one of these infernal machines in Mametz
Only four of these experimental dragons were deployed in the war. Two were destroyed at the Battle of the Somme before they could be used in 1916. The other two were used near Diksmuide, and they seemed pretty effective in instilling terror in German troops: “Their use may have helped the British in those sectors of the front as British losses there were comparatively low.”
This is a 3D model of the Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors
These things were 56 feet (17 meters) long and weighed 2.5 tons
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One chick has hatched from the nest of a brooding pair in the Blankaart nature reserve in Diksmuide
It was Blankaart conservationist Guido Vandenbroucke who first detected new activity in the sea eagles’ nest
“I suddenly noticed a change in the sea eagles’ feeding behaviour,” he says
“They clearly started feeding with their beaks facing downward
which is usually the case when young are born
You just see that there is more activity in the nest.”
it is impossible to get footage of the chick
but it is easy to see that the eagles are feeding a young
The chick appears to have been born yesterday (18 April)
Vandenbroucke confirms there is just one chick so far
but that more could arrive in the coming hours or days
“We are not going to send a drone to look into the nest because we don’t want to disturb the birds
The sea eagle – also called the white-tailed eagle – can be widely found across Europe and Asia
but this is the first time a brooding pair has successfully hatched a chick in Belgium
Conservation organisation Natuurpunt let the public vote on names for the pair in the Blankaart
They chose Gloria because it is such a glorious event
and Guido – after the resident conservationist
A pair of white-tailed eagles have started to build a nest at the De Blankaart nature reserve, near Diksmuide in West Flanders. This means that there is a chance that the birds might soon breed, which would be the first time in centuries that white-tailed eagles would have bred here in Belgium.
The two large sea eagles settled at the nature reserve near Diksmuide (West Flanders) last spring. The two birds had been expected to leave after a few days. However, they began to build a nest in a willow tree, evicting the previous residents, a pair of buzzards.
It still remains to be seen whether the couple will breed. If they were to do so and little eagles were to hatch next spring it would the first time in centuries that white-tailed eagles would have been born in Belgium.
These white-tailed eagles probably came to West Flanders from across the border in The Netherlands, where the species has been breeding since 2006. There thirty-six pairs have already been recorded there this year. The birds of prey have been called Betty and Paul.
The Flemish nature protection organisation Natuurpunt calls on passers-by to avoid disturbing the birds of prey as much as possible.
The white-tailed eagle is one of the largest European birds of prey, with a wingspan of up to two and a half meters. It feeds mainly on geese and coots, as well as occasionally muskrats or herons. This kind of prey can be found in abundance at the De Blankaart Nature Reserve.
An 18-year-old young cyclist loses his life in a car accident. Belgium's cycling community is in mourning.
The accidental death of top talent Miel Dekien has shaken Belgian cycling. The 18-year-old young rider died in an accident with a car, the country's cycling federation announced. "You will remain in our hearts forever, Miel, we will never forget you and are grateful for the many beautiful moments we shared together," wrote his team CQA Cycling on Instagram.
According to media reports, another 18-year-old also died in the accident near the town of Diksmuide. Dekien had recently attracted attention with some good results in cyclocross races and should have moved to Basso Team Flanders next year.
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Designer drug ‘flakka’ is giving greater and greater cause for concern
It’s above all in western parts that use of the drug has been on the rise
In West Flanders the public prosecutor sees the number of cases steadily increasing and is eager to take decisive action against flakka dealers and users
Flakka is called a "zombie drug" because users are no longer fully conscious and make uncontrolled movements
The drug is dangerous and highly addictive
it’s especially in the region around the town of Roeselare
The body can produce no more norepinephrine and dopamine
Toxicologist Jan Tytgat (Leuven University) points out the consequences of using flakka: "The drug is really dangerous and can lead to paranoid behaviour
There have even been cases of users jumping off a balcony without any hesitation"
As a result the drug has picked up the name "zombie drug"
"That refers to the fact that users no longer behave like ordinary humans: their movements become uncontrollable
as muscle fibres begin to dissolve in the bloodstream
The brain keeps on asking users for a new shot," explains Tytgat
The problems with flakka started to become noticeable in West Flanders last year
The drug is being peddled in the town of Roeselare and several other localities
flakka is a designer drug called alpha-PHP
Last year police in Woumen (West Flanders) had to overpower a man who was half-naked and completely out of control
a 32-year-old man killed a cyclist in Diksmuide; he was under the influence of the zombie drug
"The use of flakka started a year and a half ago in Roeselare," explains Jan Theuwen
a centre in Roeselare that helps people with drug problems
"We thought at that time that it might only be a local and temporary problem
but that turned out to be wrong: the use has expanded to the Westhoek District
There are hardly any known users in Bruges or Ostend
Jan Theuwen has an explanation for why the flakka epidemic started in the market town of Roeselare: "It was due to a number of 'psychonauts'
These are young people who like to experiment with new designer drugs
These are drugs that are chemically manipulated and not immediately illegal
A number of young people now promoted flakka in Roeselare and as a result the traditional dealers also jumped on bandwagon
That set the ball rolling during the past eighteen months
The dealers have been building a customer base and their customers are in Diksmuide
The public prosecutor has also seen the number of flakka dealers increase in West Flanders
That is why the West Flanders public prosecutor's office has now decided to take decisive action
The new approach was evident in court in Veurne on Wednesday
A 47-year-old dealer from Diksmuide and his 42-year-old accomplice from Houthulst received 38-month and 18-month prison sentences respectively for dealing flakka
"We pointed to the serious dangers associated with use of this drug
There are users who cannot live without it after just trying it once," the West Flanders public prosecutor's office explains
Poppies bloom in the walls of reconstructed First World War trenches along the Western Front in Diksmuide
100 years after John McCrae wrote his iconic poem 'In Flanders Fields.' The churning of the earth through shelling created ideal conditions for the poppies to bloom
their red blossoms symbolizing the blood of the fallen.Photo Credit: Virginia Mayo/Associated Press
In 1915 the carnage of the First World War was already too evident
The Allies and Germans were in yet another bitter contest of bloody attrition known as the Second Battle of Ypres
Even as the machine guns chattered and shells exploded around him
Canadian artillery officer and surgeon Major John McCrae M.D (later Colonel) paused to write some thoughts on paper
As the Canadian Artillery Brigade surgeon at the front lines in Flanders
he was all too familiar with the horrors of war and its companion
In a letter to his mother he wrote.”The general impression in my mind is of a nightmare
For seventeen days and seventeen nights none of us have had our clothes off
gunfire and rifle fire never ceased for sixty seconds ….
And behind it all was the constant background of the sights of the dead
and a terrible anxiety lest the line should give way
In Flanders Fields: The Story of John McCrae
He had just attended a burial ceremony for a young friend and former medical student
a mixture of tragic loss and a call to arms called “In Flanders Fields”
It became one of the most iconic poems of the war
One hundred years later it still seems as poignant
and pathologist in Montreal at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal General Hospital
today both affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
a special ceremony was held at the MUHC to mark the centenary of that poem and to remember both its author
A piper from the Royal Highland Regiment of Canada (Black Watch) led the ceremony which featured a reading of the poem
along with an original copy in McCrae’s handwriting
McCrae had later written a few copies to send to friends and family)
and currently Director of the RBC Arts and Heritage Centre spoke at today’s ceremony
”We want to enhance the memory of two of our own who fought in World War,” he said
the first Canadian officer awarded the Victoria Cross
were doctors at the Royal Victoria and Montreal General hospitals
We’re proud to think part of their legacy came from this institution
We also want to highlight the sacrifice of all the men and women from the Armed Forces
including doctors and nurses from the original McGill Hospitals
During the war an American woman who was a professor
had taken leave from her university to volunteer with the YWCA
Moved by the poem she vowed to wear the poppy as a symbol of remembrance
After the war she began selling silk poppies to raise money for American veterans
a French woman took the idea to Europe where it soon spread to England and then to all Commonwealth countries eventually becoming the iconic symbol of Remembrance we know today
Strangely it did not really catch on in the U.S
was operating at a forward dressing station under heavy fire
For his actions he was later awarded the Empire’s highest honour for valour
when in charge of an advanced dressing station in some farm buildings
which were being heavily shelled by the enemy
he directed under heavy fire the removal of the wounded
and he himself carried a severely wounded Officer out of a stable in search of a place of greater safety
When he was unable alone to carry this Officer further
he remained with him under fire till help could be obtained
During the very heavy fighting between 22nd and 25th April
Captain Scrimger displayed continuously day and night the greatest devotion to his duty among the wounded at the front.” (London Gazette
Scrimger survived the war and died in Montreal in 1937 at age 57
John McCrae had overworked himself and contracted pneumonia
dying at his field hospital in Ypres in January 1918
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A neighbour with a tractor managed to pull cars to safety in scenes repeated all over the county after torrential rain compounded by the sudden thawing of more than three feet of snow
Diksmuide Drive in Ellesmere was left under water with vehicles swamped
who was staying with her mother Maria at the time
We went to bed with snow and woke up with floods
When I looked out I saw my brother Charlie's Punto floating away
The water was knee-high and everybody was out in the street trying to move their cars
Luckily one of the neighbours had a tractor
He was a real hero and managed to pull some of the cars out
Tractor driver Roger Wood said: "My neighbour Paul was sat at the wheel but hsi Audi was full with water
Homes narrowly avoided being damaged by the waters but Mr Wood added: "It all happened so quickly
There was no sign when we went to bed and then we woke up on Sunday with water everywhere."
An emergency dyke is being constructed in Ledegem (West Flanders) where the local stream has burst its banks as the rain continues and large volumes of water arrive here from France
The flooding has stranded 200 families in their homes
The emergency dyke is being built to protect the village’s centre
Floods in West Flanders: “Don’t venture outside if you can avoid it!”
Antwerp sends emergency aid to flood-stricken West Flanders
Houthulst near Diksmuide and Lo-Reninge are also badly affected by the flooding
who returned home from abroad to coordinate the response to the flooding
has requested the evacuation of a further score of houses
25 homes in Woumen (Diksmuide) should have been evacuated yesterday but some people refused to budge
Other residents are being warned they could be asked to evacuate at short notice
Meanwhile navigation on the Ghent-Terneuzen canal has been halted to allow the speedier evacuation of water
Governor Decaluwé has also spoken of the need of structural measures to prevent any repeat of today’s crisis
PM De Croo and Flemish home minister Rutten are visiting the area in the course of Thursday
Photographs taken by pioneering pilots during the World War I are showing a different side of life on the Western Front
took hundreds of thousands of pictures which were used to help plan the war effort
Some of them have been transformed using 3D technology to offer a glimpse of the war as it was seen from the skies and will feature in a BBC1 documentary The World War I From Above
Its director Mark Radice said: “Even though they’re nearly a century old
the resolution on these aerial photographs is so good
that we were able to turn them into three-dimensional images that we could fly around.”
show a German barracks camouflaged under some trees
But the green-fingered soldiers had planted flowerbeds which gave away their position to the spotters in the sky and later pictures show the aftermath of a British attack
Belgian archaeologist Birger Stichelbaut said: “The act of making flowerbeds really drove the attention towards the site
“This is actually what happened a couple of months later
the landscape is already peppered with shell holes
and a lot of the barracks have already been destroyed.”
The World War I From Above is on BBC1 at 9 p.m
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