After finding that all good arrangements for Church fell apart, I decided
to complete the route that I left last night as darkness fell. So, I’m back
on the track at another Belgian Army cemetery, this one in Keiem (known as
Keyem in 1918). Most of the 628 graves in this cemetery are “Unknown”.
These are soldiers killed after a ill-planned and disastrous attack on the
Germans on 19 October 1914. The better armed and better trained Germans
decimated the Belgian troops, separated the soldiers from their officers,
and turned the area into a killing field. That was the last Belgian attempt
at making an offensive attack for the rest of the war.

Today Keiem is a peaceful farming community well off the main thoroughfares.
The railroad in this area was torn up and taken away about 30 years ago. It
now is a bicycle path that goes along the back of the cemetery. The cemetery
is also a quiet, peaceful place. Rest in Peace!

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