CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Foreword[vii]
IOff to the Front[1]
IIThe Prison[26]
IIIEnter Best-Dunkley[49]
IVMillain[57]
VThe March[63]
VIThe General's Speech[77]
VIIThe Vale of Acquin[81]
VIIIBack to the Salient[103]
IXBilge Trench[113]
XThe Ramparts[128]
XIMustard Oil[136]
XIIThe City and the Trenches[146]
XIIIRelief[164]
XIVWatou[168]
XVThe Days Before[179]
XVIThe Battle of Ypres[187]
APPENDICES
IMurray and Allenby[227]
IIThe Infantry at Minden[229]
IIIGeneral Rawlinson and Ostend[230]
IVEdward III and the Order of the Garter[231]
VGoldfish Château[233]