But the cave, on the mossy flanks of the river Nidd, still oozed witchiness.
Auto-wrecking yards and a windowless warehouse nudge its flanks on the river's east bank.
On the southern-most flank of the US 9th Infantry Regiment river line, just above the junction of the Nam River with the Naktong, A Company of the 1st Battalion was dug in on a long finger ridge paralleling the Naktong that terminates in Hill 94 at the Kihang ferry site.
The most severe losses took place in the horticultural plantations which flank both sides of the river in Carnarvon, and in small communities and stations upriver.
"This is an act of humanity and love," said BNHR director, Fernando Garcia, speaking over a loud speaker to the 400 families lined up behind the fences that flank both sides of the river, each waiting their turn to descend down the concrete ramps and meet their loved ones before being ushered away under the watchful eyes of US Border Patrol and the Mexico's federal police.
On the southern-most flank of the 9th Infantry river line, just above the junction of the Nam River with the Naktong, A Company of the 1st Battalion was dug in on a long finger ridge paralleling the Naktong that terminates in Hill 94 at the Kihang ferry site.
Despite the Austro-Hungarian Empire's efforts to refurbish the old mountain pass defensives and fortify the jagged mountains that flanked its side of the river, the Allies eventually won WWI, causing the land that is now modern-day Slovenia to be annexed to Italy under the 1920 Treaty of Rapallo.
The most impressive relief is on the eastern flank of the Andes where rivers responding to a wet climate have cut deep canyons.
They scouted the fire and came back concerned that the thick forest near which they had landed could become a "death trap". Dodge told the second-in-command, William Hellman, to take the crew across to the north side of the gulch, away from the fire, and march along its flank toward the river at the bottom of the gulch.
Limestone from the formations that flank the lower course of the river was used to construct historic buildings in England, including the Tower of London and Norwich Cathedral.
