Those magnificent silks and velvets, that cloth of gold and damask, that Flanders lace, and those carpets from Arras which were found heaped up in chests, were cut in pieces and distributed by the ell, like common canvas in a village shop.

FURTHER GAINS IN FLANDERS Fighting continued almost steadily in Flanders during the month of August, although the Allies were greatly hampered in their operations by heavy rains and mud.

" Riding great Flanders horses, a flagon swung on one side of the large padded saddle, and a haversack on the other,booted to the thigh, and girded with the leathern bandoleer, supporting cartridge-box and basket-hilted sword, they are a picturesque and a motley troop.

They've been through the three yearsat Verdunon the Marneand now this awful Flanders drive.

Nay, the fool is a handsome fool, that's somewhat; but 'tis not that; 'tis a kind of fancy I have taken to a glass coach, and six Flanders mares; rich liveries, and a good fortune.

They liked Flanders mud better than Salisbury Plain mud, because it meant that there was "something doing.

A nice parent, Sir Lupus, with every child in his family ready to swear like Flanders troopers at the first breath! Half reclining in her chair, limbs comfortably extended, Dorothy crossed her ankles and clasped her hands behind her head, a picture of indolence in every line and curve, from satin shoon to the dull gold of her hair, which, as I have said, the powder scarcely frosted.