We kept straight on, guided by what we thought was a Belgian, to the outskirts again, coming across batches of Belgian who had just been caught by a shell. At one spot in particular, there were groups of Belgians, and three shells burst within thirty feet of us, throwing up stones: nobody was hurt there. Motor bures used as ambulances ani carrying stores were abandoned, the wounded the ambulances having to be left. We came to a railway bridge ant! could hear rifle fire. The guide was going to lead us straight to the place from where the firing came; he turned out to be a German 0 he was shot. Antwerp was infested with spies.
We came to the river Schelit, where there were some petrol tanks belonging to the American Oil Ca. these were in fines. I have never seen such a lit Flames were about a hnndend feet high and the heat was terrific.
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