[CONTENTS]

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[“BLOW! BUGLES, BLOW!”]5
I [MARCHING TO WAR]9
II [THINGS BY THE WAY]14
III [THE FRIENDLY FRENCH]20
IV [THE ENEMY GERMAN]26
V [CAMPAIGNING IN GENERAL]32
VI [BATTLES IN BEING]41
VII [WHAT THE SOLDIER SEES]56
VIII [HOW IT FEELS UNDER FIRE]67
IX [CORNERS IN THE FIGHT]78
X [HIT AND MISSED]92
XI [ADVANCE AND RETREAT]103
XII [IN THE TRENCHES]115
XIII [GALLANT DEEDS]125
XIV [TALES OF TRAGEDY]134
XV [ANECDOTES OF HUMOUR]142
XVI [STORIES OF SACRIFICE]150
XVII [THE MAN AMID WAR]159
XVIII [THE COMMON TASK]169
XIX [MATTERS IN GENERAL]179
XX [SUMMING IT UP]186

Now all the youth of England are on fire,

And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies;

Now thrive the armourers, and honour’s thought

Reigns solely in the breast of every man.

William Shakespeare.