My hospital itinerary was from the field to the dressing station at Bailleul, thence to Boulogne; from Boulogne to Rouen, and from Rouen to Southampton and Brighton.
I like to remember that the day on which I finished my little bit for the Empire—or rather the day on which it was finished for me—was an "Empire Day": Monday, May 24th, 1915—a day on which Britons of every clime salute the symbol of their unity and the pledge of their emergence from every peril; that dear flag under which I did what I could.
"Good banner! scarred by hurtling war,
But never in dishonour furled;
And destined still to shine, a star
Above an awed and wondering world."
Having read "A Soldier's Sketches under Fire," the reader should follow with a very entertaining volume, entitled—
With Cavalry in 1915.
The British Trooper in the Trench Line.
Through the Second Battle of Ypres.
By FREDERIC COLEMAN.
Author of "From Mons to Ypres with French," of which it is a continuation.
Crown 8vo. Fully Illustrated.
6/- net.
Pike's Fine Art Press, Limited, Printers, 47 & 48, Gloster Road, Brighton.