LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSFacing page[SILENT YPRES][Frontispiece][PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR][1][A CORNER OF A TRENCH WITH A TRAVERSE ON THE EXTREME LEFT][24][THE WAR OF BOMB AND KNIFE; FRENCH SOLDIERS WITH MASKS AND STEEL HELMETS][28][A BURSTING MINE][34][MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES][49][BILLETS IN THE FIELD: THE BRITISH SOLDIER AND HIS PEASANT HOSTS][126][CRICKET AT THE FRONT][132][A SCENE AT A BASE][160][“THE CHIEF”][170][UNDER THE EYE OF “THE CHIEF”—TROOPS MARCHING PAST SIR JOHN FRENCH AT THE FRONT][180][IN A GERMAN TRENCH][202][GERMAN PRISONERS][230][BIG SHELL EXPLODING ON A ROAD IN FRANCE—GERMAN SOLDIERS IN FOREGROUND][266][INDIAN CAVALRY IN A FRENCH VILLAGE][288][INDIAN INFANTRY ON THE MARCH][296]Elliott & Fry phot.Mr. G. Valentine Williams.