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ECHOES OF WAR 1915-1918 (PART 4)DOI: 10.5787/8-3-778 Keywords: Ypres Menin Road Battle , South African Brigade , 27th Lowland Brigade , 28th Highland Brigade , Captain A.W.H. McDonald , Captain Vivian Abstract: Third Ypres Menin Road Battle 20 September 1917 Our troop train crawled at snail's pace along the SW line leading to Ypres on a bright September morning in 1917. The enemy balloons were floating over their line all along the ill-famed Salient and we could only bank on the sketchy camouflage nets strung up between us to conceal what would be a prize target to the enemy observers perched on high and in close touch with their heavy batteries of guns below.
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