QUEX

William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1919

To the Memory of

Lieut.-Col. AUSTIN THORP, C.M.G.,

D.S.O., R.A.,
WHO COMMANDED THE 82nd BRIGADE, R.F.A.,
IN FRANCE, FROM DECEMBER 1915
TO OCTOBER 1918.

KILLED IN ACTION AT BEAUSIES
ON OCTOBER 30, 1918.

CONTENTS.

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I.[BEFORE THE ATTACK]3
II.["THE BOCHE IS THROUGH!"]13
III.[THE END OF A BATTERY]24
IV.[THE NIGHT OF MARCH 21]35
V.[A GUNNER'S V.C.]42
VI.[BEHIND VILLEQUIER AUMONT]49
VII.[STILL IN RETREAT]60
VIII.[A LAST FIFTY ROUNDS]65
IX.[FASTER AND FASTER]71
X.[THE SCRAMBLE AT VARESNES]83
XI.[THE G IN GAP]93
XII.[OUT OF THE WAY]101
[THE RETURN PUSH.]
I.[THE DEFENCE OF AMIENS]111
II.[THE RED-ROOFED HOUSE]119
III.[AN AUSTRALIAN "HAND-OVER"]129
IV.[HAPPY DAYS!]137
V.[BEFORE THE GREAT ATTACK]146
VI.[THE BATTLE OF AUGUST 8]153
VII.[SHORT LEAVE TO PARIS]163
VIII.[TRONES WOOD AGAIN]178
IX.[DOWN THE ROAD TO COMBLES]188
X.[A MASTERLY TURNING MOVEMENT]203
XI.[ON THE HEELS OF THE BOCHE]211
XII.[THE MAJOR'S LOST PIPE]221
XIII.[NURLU AND LIERAMONT]227
XIV.[THE FIGHT FOR RONSSOY]243
XV.["ERNEST" IS LOST]258
XVI.[THE DECISIVE DAYS]274
XVII.[WITH THE AMERICANS]283
XVIII.[A LAST DAY AT THE O.P.]303
XIX.["THE COLONEL——"]326