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Show Mar& High Places of Enemy Advance Two hundred and forly granite landmarks stretching from the Swiss frontier to the sencoiist of Belgium indicate in-dicate the limit of the enemy advance In the war. Seven of these are in the Ypres salient, and the Ypres league, at the invitation of the Belgian Bel-gian government, lias provided the stones. They are four feet high, and each Is surrounded by a carved representation rep-resentation of the "tin hat." On each Is Inscribed in English, French and Flemish the phrase : "Here the invader in-vader was brought to a standstilll." The league has also erected 40 landmarks land-marks on sites which became famous during the fighting in Flanders. Each Is an iron post bearing the name by which the place was known to the troops engaged. Some of the names which have- become Important, like "Sanctuary Wood' and "Kitchener Wood," have a curious origin. The latter has no connection with the name of the great field marshal, but is a soldier's translation of its real name, Bois de Cuisinler. |