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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