NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO MY MOTHER
MAUDE JOHNSON McCLINTOCK
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Training for the War | [11] |
| II | The Bombing Raid | [43] |
| III | “Over the Top and Give ’em Hell” | [75] |
| IV | Shifted to the Somme | [101] |
| V | Wounded in Action | [121] |
| VI | A Visit from the King | [151] |
BEST O’ LUCK
CHAPTER I
TRAINING FOR THE WAR
I don’t lay claim to being much of a writer, and up ’till now I never felt the call to write anything about my experiences with the Canadian troops in Belgium and France, because I realized that a great many other men had seen quite as much as I, and could beat me telling about it. Of course, I believed that my experience was worth relating, and I thought that the matter published in the newspapers by professional writers sort of missed the essentials and lacked the spirit of the “ditches” in a good many ways despite its excellent literary style, but I didn’t see any reason why it was up to me to make an effort as a war historian, until now.
Now, there is a reason, as I look at it.