I set out to do a certain thing—to act as pilot to members of a wondrous band who found themselves in unknown waters, and I succeeded past my utmost expectations. I am proud to think that any act of mine has put on record the doings of patriotic men who have fought so nobly for their country; and thankful to feel that I have been the means of getting for his relatives and friends and all the rest of us the experiences of more than one fine fellow who since I saw him has answered the roll-call for the last time.

Walter Wood.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
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How Trooper Potts won the V.C. on Burnt Hill[1]
Trooper Frederick William Owen Potts, 1/1st BerkshireYeomanry (T.F.).
CHAPTER II
A Prisoner of War in Germany[16]
Corporal Oliver H. Blaze, 1st Battalion Scots Guards.
CHAPTER III
Gassed near Hill 60[33]
Lance-Corporal R. G. Simmins, 8th Battalion CanadianInfantry, 90th Winnipeg Rifles.
CHAPTER IV
A Linesman in Gallipoli[43]
Private John Frank Gray, 5th Battalion WiltshireRegiment.
CHAPTER V
An Anzac’s Adventures[62]
Trooper Rupert Henderson, 6th Australian LightHorse.
CHAPTER VI
”Imperishable Glory” for the Kensingtons[80]
——, 13th (Kensington) Battalion London Regiment.
CHAPTER VII
Ten Months in the Fighting-Line[94]
Private Frederick Woods, 1st Battalion Royal IrishFusiliers.
CHAPTER VIII
A Gunner at the Dardanelles[114]
Gunner John Evans, 92nd Battery Royal Field Artillery.
CHAPTER IX
The “Flood”[130]
Corporal Guy Silk, 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
CHAPTER X
The Belgians’ Fight with German Hosts[133]
Soldat François Rombouts, 8th Regiment of the Line,
Belgian Army.
CHAPTER XI
A Blinded Prisoner of the Turks[148]
Private David Melling, 1/8th Battalion LancashireFusiliers.
CHAPTER XII
How the “Formidable” was Lost[160]
William Edward Francis, Stoker.
CHAPTER XIII
A Trooper’s Tale[171]
Trooper Notley, 5th Dragoon Guards.
CHAPTER XIV
A Diarist under Fire[180]
Private Charles Hills, 2nd Battalion Australian Infantry.
CHAPTER XV
A Stretcher-Bearer at Loos[196]
Private Harold Edwards, D.C.M., 1st Battalion SouthStaffordshire Regiment.
CHAPTER XVI
A Fusilier in France[205]
Private Fred. Knott, Royal Fusiliers.
CHAPTER XVII
The Daily Round[216]
A Subaltern’s Diary.
CHAPTER XVIII
Saving the Soldier[230]
Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, C.M.G.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I
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“SEVERAL VILLAGES ... HAVE BEEN DESTROYED INTHE INTERESTS OF OUR DEFENCE....”
[Frontispiece]
CHOCOLATE HILL[4]
THE WONDERFUL WATER SUPPLY AT THE DARDANELLES[12]
A BRITISH SOLDIER HELPING A WOUNDED GERMANPRISONER INTO A CONVEYANCE[24]
BRITISH SOLDIERS CHARGING THROUGH A SMOKE-CLOUD[33]
A VIEW OF “V” BEACH, TAKEN FROM THE “RIVERCLYDE”[43]
ANZACS AT SUVLA BAY[62]
THE DARDANELLES: CARRYING WOUNDED TO AHOSPITAL SHIP[74]
FIELD ARTILLERY NEAR YPRES[80]
ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS IN TRENCHES IN GALLIPOLI[94]
“W” BEACH, SHOWING CAPE HELLAS[114]
DEVASTATION IN BELGIUM: RUINS IN THE FLOODS OF YSER[133]
TURKISH PRISONERS MARCHING DOWN A GULLY INGALLIPOLI[158]
BRITISH CAVALRY AT THE FRONT[172]
AUSTRALIANS LANDING UNDER FIRE[180]
A BRITISH SOLDIER WRITING IN HIS DUG-OUT[188]
ZIG-ZAG TRENCHES CAPTURED FROM THE GERMANS[196]
STREET NAMES FOR TRENCHES[208]
A BRITISH SUBALTERN IN HIS TRENCH, WEARING HISGAS-HELMET[218]
BACK TO PRIMEVAL LIFE[234]