"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we plunged Art.IWMART15746G1

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock
baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we plunged through the flaming ruins of the
villages we were burning..." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle
image recto: A sketch of a ruined village on the Bakri - Yong Peng road showing smoking debris, a wooden bridge and wooden
huts and houses in the background.
image verso: A pencil and ink sketch titled 'Taruer, Thailand, May 1943'. A woman sitting behind a table laden with cooking pots and

plates, a basket under the table. She holds a fly whisk in her right hand.