class="tdlsc">Next Morning
A COUNCIL OF WAR. OPERATION ORDERS. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.

87 XV. The Advance through Leuze Wood
NEW OPERATION ORDERS. "AT ANY COST." LIKE RATS IN A TRAP. 91 XVI. The Attack
A DESPERATE SITUATION. BATTLE FORMATION. "FOR ENGLAND." 101 XVII. At Any Cost
OVER THE TOP. MAD, FIGHTING MAD. THE FINAL ASSAULT. 110 XVIII. Left on the Field
THE MYSTERY OF DEATH. THE SECRET CODE. TWO TERRIBLE DAYS. 116 XIX. The Jaws of Death
LONELINESS, DARKNESS, AND SILENCE. A LAST EFFORT. I PREPARE FOR DEATH. 123 XX. At the Mercy of the Hun—and After
A BASIN OF SOUP. HOSPITAL AT ST. QUENTIN. THE "OPEN SESAME." 130 XXI. Alive 143 XXII. Blindness 147 XXIII. The Woman Who Waits
THE TELEGRAPH BOY'S RAT-TAT. KILLED IN ACTION. WEEKS OF MOURNING. 151 XXIV. Ward 43, Reserve Lazarette 5, Hanover
OCCUPANTS OF THE WARD. CHIVALRY OF THE AIR. 156 XXV. Saniez 160 XXVI. Life in Hanover Hospital
HOSPITAL DIET. INTERVIEWED BY A GERMAN DOCTOR. DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL. 166 XXVII. Observations and Impressions
EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS. PARCELS. MEN OF MONS. 176 XXVIII. Stories of the Heroes of Mons 187 XXIX. Osnabruck
ARRIVAL IN CAMP. THE CANTEEN. DAILY ROUTINE. RATIONS. PARCELS. NEWS. 199 XXX. Comedy and Drama
I SALUTE THE WALL. THE STORY OF AN EGG. A NOVEL BANQUET. JOY RIDE ON A LORRY. THE SWISS COMMISSION. 215 XXXI. Free
I BLUFF THE GERMAN SERGEANT. AACHEN. TWO BOTTLES OF WINE. ACROSS THE FRONTIER. GREAT SCOTT! I AM CHARGED FOR MY OWN DEATH EXPENSES. 227

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CHAPTER IToC

FOVANT

ORDERLY ROOM. OFF TO THE FRONT

"The C.O. wants to see you."

"What for?" I asked.

"I don't know, but he is in the orderly room."

It was the adjutant who was speaking, and his manner led me to think there was something in the wind which he did not like to tell me. I left the mess, and a few moments later I was standing before the C.O.

"I have just received a telegram from the War Office; you are included in the next reinforcements for France."

"I am glad, sir."

"You've only forty-eight hours' notice. You are to report at Southampton at 4. P.M. the day after