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A man handed himself in to a West Flanders police station on Monday and the public prosecutor is deciding what action to take.

The first Christmas of World War I was a hellish time for Alfred Dougan Chater, a second lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, who woke that morning in a freezing, muddy trench less than 100 yards from the German lines in West Flanders, Belgium.

Belgium, in northwestern Europe, experienced its driest May since the 19th century, with conditions that have stunted crop growth and cut yields in the agricultural province of West Flanders.

Belgium is facing its driest May since the 19th century, with conditions that have stunted crop growth and cut yields in the agricultural province of West Flanders.

West Flanders' governor Carl Decaluwé said the man was wearing an improvised buoyancy aid made of plastic water bottles and was wearing one flipper.