A QUAINT PASTORAL IN BATTERED YPRES

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 67, 18 March 1916, Page 13

A QUAINT PASTORAL IN BATTERED YPRES

' STALKING AMIDST THE RUINS ,0F A TOWN—THE ONLY INHABITANT OF THE [ GRAND PLACE AT YPRES.

The quaint behaviour of animals at the. front has called forth the wondering admiration of many observers. A correspondent -in Flanders, who witnessed the incident illustrated by our artist above, described! the occurrence in "The Morning Post" as follows: "Just as we approached the Cloth Hall Belfry at Ypres a cow— a calm, well-nourished, meditative cow—walked slowly across the empty square towards the Menin gate. My companions looked at her hesitatingly, and the dog']

* ■ piped a feeble challenge. The cow looked neither to the right nor left, but continued her dignified progress-through the Place.' I saw her disappear down the Rue de Menin, switching her tail to warn away the flies. : I do not know where she came from or whom sho was, seeking. A lonely cow in the ruined city of Ypres, stalking majestically towards the British firing line, is an almost incredible fantasy, but we accepted her as one of the many strange incidents of life at the I front and continued our quest."—From the "Sphere."