INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I MONS AND THE GREAT RETREAT
CHAPTER II GERMAN ATROCITIES
CHAPTER III "GREENJACKETS" IN THE FIRING LINE
CHAPTER IV THE STRUGGLE ON THE AISNE
CHAPTER V "THE MOST CRITICAL DAY OF ALL"
CHAPTER VI BRITISH FIGHTERS IN FRENCH FORTS
CHAPTER VII GERMAN TREACHERY AND HATRED
CHAPTER VIII LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
CHAPTER IX SAPPING AND MINING: THE "LUCKY COMPANY"
CHAPTER X L BATTERY'S HEROIC STAND
CHAPTER XI SIXTEEN WEEKS OF FIGHTING
CHAPTER XII A DAISY-CHAIN OF BANDOLIERS
CHAPTER XIII DESPATCH-RIDING
CHAPTER XIV THE THREE TORPEDOED CRUISERS
CHAPTER XV THE RUNAWAY RAIDERS
CHAPTER XVI CAMPAIGNING WITH THE HIGHLANDERS
CHAPTER XVII TRANSPORT DRIVING
CHAPTER XVIII BRITISH GUNNERS AS CAVE-DWELLERS
CHAPTER XIX WITH THE "FIGHTING FIFTH"
CHAPTER XX THE VICTORY OF THE MARNE
CHAPTER XXI AN ARMOURED CAR IN AMBUSH
CHAPTER XXII EXPLOITS OF THE LONDON SCOTTISH
CHAPTER XXIII THE ROUT OF THE PRUSSIAN GUARD AT YPRES
CHAPTER XXIV THE BRITISH VICTORY AT NEUVE CHAPELLE
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SOLDIERS’ STORIES
OF THE WAR
SOLDIERS’ STORIES
OF THE WAR
EDITED BY
WALTER WOOD
AUTHOR OF
“MEN OF THE NORTH SEA,” “SURVIVORS’ TALES OF GREAT EVENTS,”
“NORTH SEA FISHERS AND FIGHTERS,” ETC.
WITH TWENTY FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
BY A. C. MICHAEL
LONDON
CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ltd.
1915
Printed in Great Britain by
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
brunswick st., stamford st., s.e.,
and bungay, suffolk.