Italian artillery bombarding Austrian trenches on a distant
mountain-side, preparatory to a general attack.]
Egbert Hans concludes his story of Alois the Silent:
“To-day the Belgian flag flows again from the tower of Thielt and the
thrifty people of Flanders are busy rebuilding their homes. Many of the
men are missing; some died on the battlefield, others in prison, but
all died fighting for the small strip of land they called their own,
and those who remain cherish the memory of their heroes. They will tell
their stories to their children and grandchildren, thus adding another
page to the glorious history of Flanders, and among those stories will
be that of Alois Van Keirsbilk, who tried to end the war by ending its
instigator, and who failed and died, silent.”