CHAPTER III.
March.
Through the mud to the trenches—French reserves in the woods—Hidden batteries—Unwise photography—Shrapnel too close for comfort—Chased by shell-fire—In Hooge dug-outs—Reminiscences of the first Battle of Ypres—A tour of the first-line trenches in the rain—Loopholes—Views by periscope—Sharpshooting—A mouthful of glass—Photographs in Zillebeke Churchyard—Calling down shrapnel fire—A scamper out of Zillebeke—Hooge at night—A mine explosion—Mixed plans—Storming the mine-crater—Amusing German prisoners—The London "'bus" abroad—A timely evacuation of a house in Ypres—General Haig's order before Neuve Chapelle—Heavy British gunning—The taking of the town of Neuve Chapelle—The failure to go on—The reasons—The blame—German attack on St. Eloi—Fine work by the Rifle Brigade—Territorials—Ploegsteert and the Ploegsteert Wood—A run from Kemmel to Dickebusch—A shell in La Clytte
CHAPTER IV.
April.
Rumours—Lord Kitchener's visit—A horticultural joke—German hate manufactured in Lille—Red Cross assistance—The peculiar exploit of Mapplebeck of the Flying Corps—A joy-ride through Ypres and up the Menin Road—The commencement of the fight for Hill 60—The first coming of the German gas—The plight of the French Reservists—The magnificent work of the Canadian Division—In support of the French line—Tangled traffic on the road to Ypres—Shelled in Elverdinghe—Deadly howitzer shells—Poperinghe bombarded—Belgian refugees—The aviation park evacuated—The want of traffic organisation—The 200 Canadian heroes in St. Julian—Conflicting reports about the capture of Lizerne—International failure to coincide as to the results of battle—British infantry attacks to win back the lost ground—Children at play near a battle-field—Artillery work in modern warfare—An attack on Lizerne by British field guns and French Zouaves—The ethics of gun-fire—Lizerne proves a hard nut to crack—British counter-attacks along the salient line abortive—17-inch Hun shells—A big shell lights in a château garden—Shell plus chandelier—A car in a Belgian ditch—Billets in Wormhoudt—Welcome rest
CHAPTER V.