The climax of the story is the battle on the Somme where so many dear friends have perished. The name is taken from a spot where a small party of the 7th N.F. did something long afterwards to avenge their fallen comrades.

Finally no criticism of the Higher Command is intended by anything that has been written. If such can be read between the lines, it is unintentional and a matter for sincere regret.

CONTENTS

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I.[When it began]1
II.[The Men of the North Country]7
III.[Alnwick]12
IV.[The Journey Out]17
V.[Hill 60]22
VI.[Mount Sorrel and Canny Hill]31
VII.[Kemmel]41
VIII.[Divisional Rest]48
IX.[Brigade Head-quarters]52
X.[The Brigade Bombing School]59
XI.[St. Eloi and Neuve Eglise]64
XII.[The Somme]68
XIII.[Hénencourt]72
XIV.[Mametz Wood]76
XV.[The 15th September, 1916]80
XVI.[Millencourt]87
XVII.[Hook Sap]90
XVIII.[Second Leave—Bresle]97
XIX.[Butte of Warlencourt—Trench Warfare]102
XX.[France and the French]107
XXI.[South of the Somme]115
XXII.[The Battle of Arras]122
XXIII.[Wancourt Tower—Croisilles]125
XXIV.[Monchy-au-Bois]139
XXV.[Trench Warfare—Vis-Cherisy Front]143
XXVI.[The Houthulst Forest]153
XXVII.[Divisional Rest Near St. Omer]161
XXVIII.[The Passchendaele Ridge]165
XXIX.[Good-bye to the 50th Division]173
XXX.[Digging Trenches About Loos]176
XXXI.[The German Offensive 1918—Second Battle of Arras]182
XXXII.[Trench Warfare—Hébuterne]203
XXXIII.[Trench Warfare—the Colincamps Ridge]207
XXXIV.[The British Offensive 1918—Bapaume Retaken]219
XXXV.[The Storming of the Hindenburg Line near Trescault]224
XXXVI.[The Germans' Last Stand]230
XXXVII.[The Final Rush Forward]234
XXXVIII.[The End of it all]238