CHAPTER I

The Situation before the War 1

CHAPTER II

Arrival of the 2nd Battalion in France 9

CHAPTER III

The Retreat from Mons (2nd Battalion) 23

CHAPTER IV

The Battle of the Marne (2nd Battalion) 42

CHAPTER V

The Passage of the Aisne (2nd Battalion) 54

CHAPTER VI

The First Battle of Ypres (1st Battalion) 83

CHAPTER VII

The First Battle of Ypres (2nd Battalion) 143

CHAPTER VIII

November 1914 to March 1915 (1st Battalion) 187

CHAPTER IX

November 1914 to March 1915 (2nd Battalion) 201

CHAPTER X

The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (1st Battalion) 224

CHAPTER XI

The Battle of Festubert (1st and 2nd Battalions) 247

CHAPTER XII

May to September 1915 (1st Battalion) 264

CHAPTER XIII

May to September 1915 (2nd Battalion) 272

CHAPTER XIV

Formation of the Guards Division 283

CHAPTER XV

The Battle of Loos (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions) 290

CHAPTER XVI

October to December 1915 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions) 322

CHAPTER XVII

January 1 to September 1, 1916 (1st and 2nd Batts.) 352