Guernsey something approaching 7,000 men have gone
out into the Great Undertaking. The Norman Ten Hundred is the 1st
Royal Guernsey Light Infantry offered by the States of Guernsey for
active participation side by side with the Mother Country's troops
in any of the fighting areas. The narrative is authentic.

CONTENTS

I SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1917
II SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1917 HENDECOURT
III NOVEMBER, 1917 CAMBRAI REHEARSAL
IV MOVING UP
V NOVEMBER 20th, 1917 CAMBRAI OFFENSIVE
THE ADVANCE
VI MARCOING--MASNIERES
VII HOLDING THE LINE
MASNIERES
VIII NOVEMBER 30th-DECEMBER 1st, 1917 GERMAN ONSLAUGHT
IX DECEMBER-JANUARY, 1918 HOUVIN
X DECEMBER-JANUARY, 1918 FLERS--LE PARCQ--VERCHOCQ
XI DECEMBER-JANUARY, 1918 LEULENE--BRANDHOEK--YPRES
XII PASSCHENDAELE SECTOR
XIII PASSCHENDAELE SECTOR
POPERINGHE--STEENVOORDE
--BRANDHOEK
XIV MARCH-APRIL, 1918 IN THE LINE
XV APRIL 10-14, 1918 DOULIEU-ESTAIRES

NORMAN

TEN HUNDRED

By A. Stanley Blicq

I

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1917

Fed up! Every man of the Ten Hundred was fed up. Thirty-six hours cooped
in cattle trucks, thirty or forty in a truck and inhaling an atmosphere
that would have disgusted a pig--enough to feed anyone up.

The Belgian frontier was crossed at sunset and the fringe of war's
devastation penetrated. Little interest or casual comment was aroused,
although a reputable thirsty one remarked that he thought Jerry might
have spared the village pub.

The long line of dirty trucks stopped with an abrupt jerk and noisy
jarring of impact. Then it came! Grumbles ceased as if by common
consent. There was something indefinable but pregnant, and in tense
silence ears were strained intently. Was it only the rumble of a distant
cart on hard cobbles or...? Faintly over the damp air came a long,
insistent murmur. Hearts beat faster.... Guns!

Northward and then West the train panted up a slight grade, made a wide
curve and then abr