لقد تقدمنا وقتها متلقين التهانى من الشعب البلجيكى المحتشد فى الطرقات ...وبعد بضعة أيام تراجعنا من حيث أتينا مارين بنفس الحشود التى استقبلتنا...
We'd advanced to the cheers of the Belgian people, and now a few days later, back we were going through these ashen-faced crowds, terribly despondent - they knew they were going to be occupied again by the Germans.