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Title: The Romance of the Red Triangle
The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service
rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of
the British Empire

Author: Arthur Keysall Yapp

Illustrator: W. P. Starmer
Edgar Wright

Release Date: June 27, 2010 [EBook #32998]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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THE ROMANCE OF THE RED TRIANGLE

[Illustration: Y.M.C.A. AND GERMAN OBSERVATION STATION IN THE TREES AT
ACHIET-LE-PETIT]

THE ROMANCE OF THE RED TRIANGLE

THE STORY OF THE COMING OF THE
RED TRIANGLE AND THE SERVICE
RENDERED BY THE Y.M.C.A. TO THE
SAILORS AND SOLDIERS OF THE
BRITISH EMPIRE

BY

SIR ARTHUR K. YAPP, K.B.E.

Illustrations by
W. P. STARMER, EDGAR WRIGHT
AND OTHER ARTISTS

HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

_DEDICATION_

_THIS book is affectionately dedicated to Y.M.C.A.
leaders and workers at home and abroad in grateful
appreciation of their faithful and loyal service.
Much of this work has been done out of sight, and
endless difficulties have had to be surmounted.
Names have not been mentioned in the book, but
the writer would like to express his personal
gratitude and appreciation to every one._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I PAGE
THE COMING OF THE RED TRIANGLE 1

CHAPTER II
BLAZING THE TRAIL WITH THE RED TRIANGLE 19

CHAPTER III
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM 33

CHAPTER IV
THE ROMANCE OF FINANCE 39

CHAPTER V
THE LA