John Buchan.

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION[13]
CHAPTER I
ON THE WAY TO LIÈGE[15]
CHAPTER II
IN LIÈGE AND BACK TO MAASTRICHT[40]
CHAPTER III
ROUND ABOUT LIÈGE[56]
CHAPTER IV
VISÉ DESTROYED: A PREMEDITATED CRIME[72]
CHAPTER V
FRANCS-TIREURS?[87]
CHAPTER VI
WITH THE FLEMINGS[95]
CHAPTER VII
LIÈGE AFTER THE OCCUPATION[108]
CHAPTER VIII
LOUVAIN DESTROYED[113]
CHAPTER IX
LOUVAIN UNDER THE MAILED FIST[132]
CHAPTER X
ALONG THE MEUSE TO HUY, ANDENNE, AND NAMUR[147]
CHAPTER XI
FROM MAASTRICHT TO THE FRENCH FRONTIER: THE DESTRUCTION OF DINANT[156]
CHAPTER XII
ON THE BATTLE-FIELDS[169]
CHAPTER XIII
ROUND ABOUT BILSEN[175]
CHAPTER XIV
DURING THE SIEGE OF ANTWERP[195]
CHAPTER XV
THE ILL-TREATMENT OF BRITISH WOUNDED[217]
CHAPTER XVI
ON THE YSER[232]

INTRODUCTION

A FEW words by way of introduction.

I had wished to publish this book a long time ago, because I think it my duty to submit to the opinion of the public the things which I witnessed in the unfortunate land of the Belgians, and where I was present at such important events as an impartial spectator. I call myself an impartial spectator, for if this book be anti-German, it should not be forgotten that the facts give it that tendency.