217

XII BEFORE CANTIGNY 235

XIII THE RUSH OF THE RAIDERS--"ZERO AT 2 A. M." 251

XIV ON LEAVE IN PARIS 266

XV CHATEAU-THIERRY AND THE BOIS DE BELLEAU 283

XVI WOUNDED--HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOT 305

XVII "GOOD MORNING, NURSE" 323

XVIII GROANS, LAUGHS AND SOBS IN THE HOSPITAL 338

XIX "JULY 18TH"--THE TURN OF THE TIDE 354

XX THE DAWN OF VICTORY 376

APPENDIX

PERSONNEL OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE 399

ILLUSTRATIONS

FLOYD GIBBONS _Frontispiece_

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THE ARRIVAL IN LONDON, SHOWING GENERAL PERSHING,
MR. PAGE, FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT FRENCH, LORD
DERBY, AND ADMIRAL SIMS 50

GENERAL PERSHING BOWING TO THE CROWD IN PARIS 50

THE FIRST AMERICAN FOOT ON FRENCH SOIL 66

THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF FRANCE 66

CAPT. CHEVALIER, OF THE FRENCH ARMY, INSTRUCTING
AMERICAN OFFICERS IN THE USE OF THE ONE POUNDER 122

IN THE COURSE OF ITS PROGRESS TO THE VALLEY OF THE
VESLE THIS 155 MM. GUN AND OTHERS OF ITS KIND
WERE EDUCATING THE BOCHE TO RESPECT AMERICA.
THE TRACTOR HAULS IT ALONG STEADILY AND SLOWLY,
LIKE A STEAM ROLLER 122

GRAVE OF FIRST AMERICANS KILLED IN FRANCE. TRANSLATION:
HERE LIE THE FIRST SOLDIERS OF THE GREAT
REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FALLEN
ON FRENCH SOIL FOR JUSTICE AND FOR LIBERTY, NOVEMBER
3RD, 1918 170

FIRST OF THE GREAT FRANCO-AMERICAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
AT CHATEAU-THIERRY. THE FRENCH BABY
TANKS, KNOWN AS CHARS D'ASSAUTS, ENTERING THE
WOOD OF VILLERS-COTTERETS, SOUTHWEST OF SOISSONS 226

YANKS AND POILUS VIEWING THE CITY OF CHATEAU-THIERRY
WHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY THE YANKS
TURNED THE TIDE OF BATTLE AGAINST THE HUNS