Captain Capart left Switzerland, August 2, 1914, to enlist in the Belgian Army.[1]
He took part in the siege of Antwerp up to its fall (October 10, 1914), then as corporal in the dark days of the retreat.
From the month of December, 1914, he became attached to the French Army. He was commissioned sub-lieutenant, January, 1915.
The greater part of the stories in this chapter occurred during the period between March 7, 1915 and July of the same year, during which time he fought in the sector held by the Marine Fusiliers and that of the Zouaves in the region of Nieuport.