CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. ENLISTING 1

II. THE JOURNEY TO THE FRONT 12

III. THE BATTLE OF MONS 26

IV. THE BATTLE OF LE CATEAU 40

V. THE GREAT RETREAT 51

VI. OVER THE MARNE TO THE AISNE 76

VII. THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE 105

VIII. THE MOVE TO THE NORTH 140

IX. ROUND LA BASSÉE 167

X. THE BEGINNING OF WINTER 197

XI. ST JANS CAPPEL 230

XII. BEHIND THE LINES 253