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Title: The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front
Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films
Author: Victor Appleton
Release Date: February 10, 2006 [EBook #17744]
Language: English
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THE
MOVING PICTURE BOYS
ON THE WAR FRONT
OR
The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films
BY
VICTOR APPLETON
AUTHOR OF "THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS," "THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS
UNDER THE SEA," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-CYCLE," "TOM SWIFT
AND HIS AERIAL WARSHIP," ETC.
_ILLUSTRATED_
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1918, by GROSSET & DUNLAP
_The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front_
[Illustration: IT TOOK ALL THE NERVE OF THE THREE LADS TO STAND AT
THEIR POSTS AND SEE MEN KILLED.]
=CONTENTS=
CHAPTER PAGE
I A CALL TO BATTLE 1
II THE ACCIDENT 11
III MONSIEUR SECOR 20
IV ALL ABOARD 29
V ANXIOUS DAYS 39
VI A QUEER CONFERENCE 47
VII "PERISCOPE AHOY!" 56
VIII BEATEN OFF 65
IX SUSPICIONS 72
X THE FLASHLIGHT 80
XI THE DEPTH CHARGE 88
XII IN ENGLAND 97
XIII UNDER SUSPICION 105
XIV IN CUSTODY 114
XV THE FRONT AT LAST 121
XVI THE FIRING LINE 130
XVII BOWLED OVER 138
XVIII TRENCH LIFE 145
XIX GASSED 153
XX "GONE!" 161
XXI ACROSS NO MAN'S LAND 170
XXII CAPTURED 179
XXIII THE AIRSHIP RAID 189
XXIV BURIED ALIVE 199
XXV THE END OF LABENSTEIN 206
=THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS ON THE WAR FRONT=
CHAPTER I
A CALL TO BATTLE
"Come on now, ready with those
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