"The following account is the first in-detail, English study of the run-up to and the subsequent military floods during the first phase of the First Battle of Ypres, in Belgium better known as the Battle for the Yser River. It covers the events during the month of October 1914 in the western part of Belgium"--Page xiii.

Introduction : Flanders' flood -- For King and country -- Farewell to a fine fortress -- Into the unknown -- Towards the west -- To leave or not to leave -- Jacta est alea -- The generals come to town -- The battle for the right bank -- Flooding the creek -- The Tervaete debacle -- The railway embankment -- Nieuport, a nautical knot -- The impending collapse -- At the Spanish Lock -- The bargee is a daredevil -- The final rumble in Ramscappelle -- After the battle -- Questions that still fascinate.

Donation D. Lawrence