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First Battle of Ypres  John Buchan  Between two and three
o'clock on Saturday, the 31st, was the most critical hour in the
whole battle. The 1st Division had fallen back from Gheluvelt to
a line resting on the junction of the Frezenberg road with the
Ypres-Menin highway. It had suffered terribly, and its general
had be en sorely wounded. On its right the 7th Division had been
bent back to the Klein Zillebeke ridge, while Bulfin's two
brigades were just holding on, as was Moussy on their right.
Allenby's cavalry were fighting an apparently hopeless battle on
a long line, and it seemed as if the slightest forward pressure
would crumble the Ypres defense. The enemy was beginning to pour
through the Gheluvelt gap, and at the same time pressed hard on
the whole arc of the salient.  There were no reserves except an
odd battalion or two and some regiments of cavalry, all of which
had already