No. 4
Vimy Ridge—The Morale of our Men—Mons. le Maire—Ubiquitous
Soldiers—The Somme—German Letters—German Prisoners—Amiens—"Taking
Over" a Line—Poilus and Tommies—"Taking Over" Trenches—French
Trenches—Unnoticed Changes—Amiens Cathedral—German Prisoners
—Confidence.
No. 5
German Fictions—Winter Preparation—Albert—La Boisselle and
Ovillers—In the Track of War—Regained Ground—Enemy
Preparations—German Dug-outs—"There were no Stragglers"
—Contalmaison—Devastation—Retreating Germans—Death,
Victory, Work—Work of the R.E.—A Parachute—Approaching Victory.
No. 6
German Retreat—Enemy Losses—Need of Artillery—Awaiting the
Issue—Herr Zimmermann—Training—A National Idea—Training—Fighting
for Peace—Stubbornness and Discipline—Training of Officers
—Responsibility—The British Soldier—Soldiers' Humour—A Boy
Hero—"They have done their job"—Casualties—Reconnaissance—Air
Fighting—Use of Aeroplanes—Terms of Peace.
No. 7
Among the French—German Barbarities—Beauty of France—French
Families—Paris—To Senlis—Senlis—The Curé of Senlis—The German
Occupation—August 30th, 1914—Germans in Senlis—German Brutality—A
Savage Revenge—A Burning City—Murder of the Mayor—The Curé in the
Cathedral—The Abbé's Narrative—False Charges—Wanton Destruction—A
Sudden Change—Return of the French—Ermenonville—Scenes of
Battle—Vareddes.
No. 8
Battle of the Ourcq—Von Kluck's Mistake—Anniversary of the
Battle—Wreckage of War—A Burying Party—A Funeral—A Five Days'
Battle—Life-and-Death Fighting—"Salut au Drapeau"—Meaux
—Vareddes—Murders at Vareddes—Von Kluck's Approach—The
Turn of the Tide—The Old Curé—German Brutalities—Torturers
—The Curé's Sufferings—"He is a Spy"—A Weary March—Outrages
—Victims—Reparation—To Lorraine.