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Title: With Haig on the Somme

Author: D. H. Parry

Illustrator: Archibald Webb

Release Date: October 21, 2008 [EBook #26982]

Language: English

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WITH HAIG ON THE SOMME

WITH HAIG ON THE SOMME

BY

D. H. PARRY

_Author of "Gilbert the Outlaw"; "The Scarlet Scouts"; "The V.C.: Its
Heroes and their Valour," etc. etc._

WITH FOUR COLOUR PLATES BY

ARCHIBALD WEBB

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne

First Published 1917 [Illustration: "The Commandant threw up his arms
and pitched backward; Dennis dropped his weapon and caught him as he
fell"]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

1. AN UNCENSORED LETTER READ ALOUD 1

2. OFF TO THE FRONT 14

3. "AT TEN O'CLOCK SHARP!" 22

4. HIS FIRST TIME UNDER FIRE 33

5. HOW DENNIS CAME IN FOR A TASTE OF DISPATCH RIDING 42

6. A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE AT DAWN 50

7. A FRIEND IN NEED 60

8. IN THE ENEMY TRENCHES 70

9. IN THE SNIPER'S LAIR 78

10. IN WHICH DENNIS MEETS CLAUDE LAVAL, PILOTE AVIATEUR 87

11. A DARING DASH 97

12. IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY 107

13. A MAD GAMBLE FOR LIBERTY 116

14. THE SING-SONG IN THE DUG-OUT 128

15. "REEDSHIRES!--GET OVER!" 136

16. THE SILENCING OF THE GUNS 146

17. THE EXPLOITS OF A COMPANY 155

18. WITH THE LEWI