BY CHARLES LE GOFFIC
INTRODUCTION
NOTE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I. TOWARDS GHENT
II. THE BATTLE OF MELLE
III. RETREAT
IV. ON THE YSER
V. DIXMUDE
VI. THE CAPTURE OF BEERST
VII. THE FIRST EFFECTS OF THE BOMBARDMENT
VIII. THE INUNDATION
IX. THE MURDER OF COMMANDER JEANNIOT
X. IN THE TRENCHES
XI. THE ATTACK ON THE CHaTEAU DE WOUMEN
XII. THE DEATH OF DIXMUDE
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DIXMUDE
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