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e Department--"The Issue of the War"--An Aerodrome--The Task of the Aviators--The Visitors' Chateau. No. 2 A French School--Our Soldiers and French Children--Nissen Huts--Tanks--A Primeval Plough--A Division on the March--Significant Preparations --Increase of Ammunition--"The Fosses"--A Sacred Spot--Vimy Ridge--The Sound of the Guns--A Talk with a General--Why the Germans Retreat--Growth of the New Armies--Soldiers at School. No. 3 America Joins the Allies--The British Effort--Creating an Army--_L'Union Sacree_--Registration--Accommodation--Clothing--Arms and Equipment--A Critical Time--A Long-continued Strain--Training--O.T.C.'S--Boy Officers--The First Three Armies--Our Wonderful Soldiers--An Advanced Stage--The Final Result--Spectacle of the Present--Snipers and Anti-snipers--The Result. No. 4 Vimy Ridge--The _Morale_ of our Men--Mons. le Maire--Ubiquitous Soldiers--The Somme--German Letters--German Prisoners--Amiens--"Taking Over" a Line--Poilus and Tommies--"Taking Over" Trenches--French Trenches--Unnoticed Changes--Amiens Cathedral--German Prisoners --Confidence. No. 5 German Fictions--Winter Preparation--Albert--La Boisselle and Ovillers--In the Track of War--Regained Ground--Enemy Preparations--German Dug-outs--"There were no Stragglers" --Contalmaison--Devastation--Retreating Germans--Death, Victory, Work--Work of the R.E.--A Parachute--Approaching Victory. No. 6 German Retreat--Enemy Losses--Need of Artillery--Awaiting the Issue--Herr Zimmermann--Training--A National Idea--Training--Fighting for Peace--Stubbornness and Discipline--Training of Officers --Responsibility--The British Soldier--Soldiers' Humour--A Boy Hero--"They have done their job"--Casualties--Reconnaissance--Air Fighting--Use of Aeroplanes--Terms of Peace. No. 7 Among the French--German Barbarities--Beauty of France--French Families--Paris--To Senlis--Senlis--The Cure of Senlis--The German Occupation--August 30th, 1914--Germans in Senlis--German Brutality--A Savage Revenge--A Burning City--Murder of the Mayor--The Cure in the Cathedral--The Abbe's Narrative--False Charges--Wanton Destruction--A Sudden Change--Return of the French--Ermenonville--Scenes of Battle--Vareddes. No. 8 Battle of the Ourcq--Von Kluck's Mistake--Anniversary of the Battle--Wreckage of War--A Burying Party--A Funeral--A Five Days' Battle--Life-and-Death Fighting--"_Salut au Drapeau_"--Meaux --Vareddes--Murders at Varedde
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