CONTENTS

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Introduction[i—xv]
I.Towards Ghent[1]
II.The Battle of Melle[11]
III.Retreat[29]
IV.On the Yser[35]
V.Dixmude[42]
VI.The Capture of Beerst[52]
VII.The First Effects of the Bombardment[70]
VIII.The Inundation[94]
IX.The Murder of Commander Jeanniot[99]
X.In the Trenches[117]
XI.The Attack on the Château de Woumen[133]
XII.The Death of Dixmude[142]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
French Marines marching out of their Dépôt[Frontispiece]
The Flag of the Brigade[4]
La Grand' Place, Dixmude[36]
The Papegaei Inn[42]
The Béguinage at Dixmude[48]
The Bridge and Flour Factory[54]
Belgian Armoured Car reconnoitring[60]
The Parish Church after the First Days of the Bombardment[76]
The Town-hall and Belfry after the First Days of the Bombardment[92]
The "Kiekenstraat" (Chicken Street) after the First Days of the Bombardment[140]
Old Houses on the Handzaeme Canal[150]
The Inundation. Old Mill and Farms on the Yser[162]
Plan of Attack on Dixmude on November 10, 1914page [165]
Map of Operations round Dixmude[At end of volume]