The crime at Vanderlynden's

"The Crime at Vanderlynden’s" by R. H. Mottram is a story that takes place during World War I. It's about a young bank clerk turned soldier named Stephen Doughty Dormer, stationed in a Flemish village. The story highlights the problems between soldiers and the people who live there. Things get complicated when an old farmer named Mr. Vanderlynden claims that a soldier damaged a religious shrine. Dormer has to figure out what really happened, which makes him think about what's right and wrong during wartime. It is a story filled with confusion and explores duty, honor, and the search for truth in a world turned upside down by war.