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Updated: May 14, 2025
Miles of desolation may be seen in a couple of hours' drive around Vitry-le-Francois, Favresse, Blesmes, Ecrinnes, Thieblemont, Maurupt, Vauclerc, with acre upon acre of ruined buildings, a chimney standing here and there, heaps of twisted iron that once were farm machines, withered trees and graves, everywhere soldiers' graves.
In one of these villages of Champagne I think it was at Blesmes I saw one relic which had been spared by chance when the flames of the incendiaries had licked up all other things around, and somehow, God knows why, it seemed to me the most touching thing in this place of desolation.
The most complete destruction I saw in France was in Champagne, when I walked through places which had been the villages of Sermaize, Heiltz-le-Maurupt, Blesmes, and Huiron. Sermaize was utterly wiped out. As far as I could see, not one house was left standing. Not one wall was spared.
She was a fine girl, with hair like gold, Monsieur. Now her hair has gone quite white, during these recent weeks. That's what war does for women. There are many like that hereabouts, white-haired before their time." I saw some of those white-haired women in Blesmes and Huiron and other scrap-heaps of German ruthlessness.
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