“What we have lost who knew him,” writes Mr. Glover, “these lines may hint—I do not think we really know the extent of our loss. But we keep a great deal, a very great deal—quidquid ex illo amavimus, quidquid mirati sumus, manet mansurumque est. Yes, that is true; and from the first my sorrow (it may seem an odd confession) was for those who were not to know him, whose chance was lost, for the work he was not to do. For himself, if ever a man lived his life, it was he; twenty-five or twenty-six years is not much, perhaps, as a rule, but here it was life and it was lived to some purpose; it told and it is not lost.”
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [Preface] | xv | |
| I. | [First Impressions] | 1 |
| II. | [Cuinchy and Givenchy] | 19 |
| III. | [Working-Parties] | 42 |
| IV. | [Rest] | 64 |
| V. | [On the March] | 87 |
| VI. | [The Bois Français Trenches] | 96 |
| VII. | [More First Impressions] | 117 |
| VIII. | [Sniping] | 133 |
| IX. | [On Patrol] | 154 |
| X. | [“Whom the gods love”] | 163 |
| XI. | [“Whom the gods love”—(continued).] | 181 |
| XII. | [Officers’ Servants] | 195 |
| XIII. | [Mines] | 212 |
| XIV. | [Billets] | 229 |
| XV. | [“A certain Man drew a Bow at a Venture”] | 256 |
| XVI. | [Wounded] | 268 |
| XVII. | [Conclusion] | 294 |
MAPS
| FACING PAGE | ||
| I. | [Béthune and La Bassée, Neighbourhood of] | 9 |
| II. | [Fricourt and Neighbourhood] | 97 |
| III. | [The Trenches near Fricourt] | 103 |
ILLUSTRATION
| [Portrait of Author] | Frontispiece |