TABLE OF CONTENTS

[Introduction by Myron T. Herrick]
[PART ONE]
THE HECTIC WEEK
CHAPTER PAGE
I [The Day] [1]
II [The Night] [9]
III [Herrick] [19]
IV [Les Américains] [31]
V [War] [39]
[PART TWO]
THE GREATEST STORY
VI [The Actuality] [49]
VII [The Field of Glory] [55]
[PART THREE]
THE ARM OF MILITARY AUTHORITY
VIII [The Field of Battle] [73]
(A) Sentries in the Dark
(B) The Wounded Who Could Walk
(C) A Lull in the Bombardment
IX ["Detained" by the Colonel] [94]
X [The Cherche Midi] [110]
XI [Under the Croix Rouge] [120]
(A) Trevelyan
(B) The Rue Jeanne d'Arc
(C) Those from Quesnoy-sur-Somme
[PART FOUR]
WAR-CORRESPONDING DE LUXE
XII [Out with Captain Blank] [145]
XIII [Joffre] [157]
XIV [The Man of the Marne and the Yser] [172]
XV [The Battle of the Labyrinth] [184]
XVI "[With the Honors of War]" [193]
XVII [Sister Julie, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor][209]
XVIII [The Silent Cannon] [226]
XIX [D'Artagnan and the Soul of France] [230]
[PART FIVE]
THREE CHAPTERS IN CONCLUSION
XX [A Rearpost of War] [245]
XXI [Myths] [256]
XXII [When Chenal Sings the "Marseillaise"] [264]

[AN INTRODUCTION]

By Myron T. Herrick,

Former United States Ambassador to France.

The rigid censorship placed on journalism upon the declaration of war in Europe brought the representatives of the American press into close relationship with the Embassy. The news which they brought to the Embassy and such news as they received there, required unusual discretion, frankness and confidence on the part of all concerned in order that the American public should receive accurate information, while avoiding the commission of any improprieties against the countries involved in the great conflict.

In this supreme test the American newspaper representatives appreciated that they were something more than mere purveyors of news; they arose to the full comprehension of their responsibility, and were of invaluable assistance to the Embassy, and through it to the nation.

While there has been no opportunity to read the advance sheets of this book, my confidence in the character and ability of the author, begotten in those days when real merit, and demerit as well, were revealed, makes it a pleasure to write this foreword, and to commend this volume unseen.

(Signed)

Myron T. Herrick

Cleveland, Ohio, October 19th, 1915.