TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES.

"As fighters with unequal lance we met,
Broken I lie,
And yet,
O Death, art thou the victor or am I?"

Mary Byron.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface[vii]
CHAPTER I.
The First Advance[1]
CHAPTER II.
June to October 1917. Trench Warfare[20]
CHAPTER III.
The Battle of Cambrai[40]
CHAPTER IV.
The Great German Offensive[56]
CHAPTER V.
With the 5th French Army[80]
CHAPTER VI.
The Final Triumph[92]
CHAPTER VII.
The Last Phase[114]
APPENDIX A.
Subsequent Services of the 311th Brigade[120]
APPENDIX B.
Alphabetical List of Officers[123]
APPENDIX C.
List of Officers and Men awarded Decorations
or Mentioned in Despatches[127]
Index[137]