z), for those days were
too full of stirring events which will long live in my memory to need
the aid of fiction. If I have dwelt at some length upon my experience
in Germany, it is with the hope that the information may be of
interest to those who have relatives and friends still in the hands of
the enemy and burn to know the truth.

I do not deplore the loss of my sight, for I can say in all sincerity
that I was never happier in my life than I am to-day.

G.N.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. FOVANT 1
ORDERLY ROOM. OFF TO THE FRONT.

II. THE SILENT HEROES 6
THE WOMAN WHO WAITS--AND SUFFERS IN SILENCE.

III. DEPARTURE FOR THE FRONT 9
WATERLOO STATION. LUNCHEON ARGUMENTS. THE BAGGAGE
PROBLEM.

IV. CROSSING THE CHANNEL 15
THE DOCK PORTER. A WHIFF OF BOND STREET.

V. GOING UP THE LINE 24
PERFIDIOUS GANG-PLANKS. D'ARCY STRANDED. GUIDES WHO
CANNOT GUIDE. A HEATED ARGUMENT.

VI. RATIONS 33
I LEARN TO HATE FOOD. MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS.

VII. ST. AMAND 37
I REPORT AT HEADQUARTERS. THE PROBLEM OF
VENTILATION.

VIII. EARLY IMPRESSIONS 41
BILLETS. A STARTLING INCIDENT. REST CAMP.

IX. DEPARTURE FOR THE SOMME 48
CORBIE. HAPPY VALLEY. PASSING THROUGH THE GUNS.

X. ARRIVAL ON THE SOMME 57
FEEDING THE GUNS. SEPTIMUS D'ARCY ARRIVES. A CURIOUS
KIT.

XI. DEATH VALLEY 66
MOVING OVER BATTLE-FIELDS. ---- BATTALION, LONDON
REGIMENT, IN POSSESSION. THE MYSTERY TRENCH.
FALFEMONT FARM.

XII. OUT IN NO MAN'S LAND 71
SUDDEN ORDERS. THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT ADVENTURE.
DIGGING IN.

XIII. A NIGHT OF ALARM 82
SEPTIMUS IN A NEW ROLE.