THE WONDER OF WAR ON LAND
[CHAPTER I]
WHERE THE SHELL STRUCK
The windows rattled ominously as the first vibration from the cannon shook the school.
It was Tuesday, the Fourth of August, 1914.
The master laid down his book and rose. His shoulder crooked forward threateningly.
"The German guns!" he said.
There was a sharp indrawing of breath among the lads seated on the forms.