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CHAPTER I.

January.

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General De Lisle and the 1st Cavalry Division Staff—Resting—Wet winter campaigning—Echoes of the Christmas truce—A would-be Hun prisoner—A visit to Furnes—A Belgian Officer's standpoint—Luncheon with Colonel Tom Bridges—The Belgian Army—Nieuport-les-Bains—The trenches along the Yser Canal—The ruined lighthouse in the sand dunes—Snow's 27th Division in the line in Flanders—Bad feet—Wrecked Vermelles—The devastation of "75" shells—"Le Sport"—General Robertson appointed Chief of Staff

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CHAPTER II.

February.

Army Service Corps vagaries—Motor cars at the Front—Poperinghe—French Chasseurs—The equipment of the French foot-soldier—Belgian peasants—Flemish fatalism—The selection of trench positions—A cavalry counter-attack—French Staff work—British Staff officers—A run to Ypres—Scenes in the old Flemish city—On duty in the Salient—The Menin Road—A humble shop in the shell area—Ypres shelled—Belgian funerals under fire—The trench-line—General De Lisle has a narrow escape—The ruined Cloth Hall and Ypres Cathedral—Disappearing mural paintings—An Irish giant-powder experience—Wonderful marksmanship of the French "75's"—The way to the firing line—Past "Cavan's House"—Under fire—Brigade Headquarters in a dug-out