[2] At the time of the Revolution, the nuns of Brussels and Dunkerque (to which Pontoise had been united) and Ghent fled to England, and these three Houses are now represented by Bergholt Abbey (Brussels), Teignmouth (Dunkerque), and Oulton Abbey (Ghent). CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE PREFACE v NOTE BY PRIORESS ix INTRODUCTION xi I. THE COMING OF THE GERMANS 1 II. THE ALLIES IN YPRES 14 III. INCIDENTS OF THE STRUGGLE 24 IV. IN THE CELLARS 47 V. THE BOMBARDMENT 70 VI. FLIGHT 92 VII. VISITING THE WOUNDED 107 VIII. AN ATTEMPT TO REVISIT YPRES 128 IX. PREPARING TO START FOR ENGLAND 137 X. A SECOND ATTEMPT TO REVISIT YPRES 143 XI. THE RETURN JOURNEY TO POPERINGHE 157 XII. ON THE WAY TO ENGLAND 171 XIII. OULTON 192 ILLUSTRATIONS OULTON AND YPRES _Frontispiece_ _The Lady Abbess of Oulton, The Lady Abbess of Ypres, The Mother Prioress of Ypres._ THE IRISH DAMES OF YPRES _To face p._ 48 _D. Patrick, D. Columban, D. Bernard, D. Teresa, D. Walburge, D. Placid, Mother Prioress, D. Aloysius._ THE MOTHER PRIORESS, DAME TERESA, AND THE THREE NUNS WHO REVISITED YPRES 144 THE IRISH NUNS AT YPRES CHAPTER I THE COMING OF THE GERMANS