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The first stages of the War--"Trench War," a good German invention--The Battle of Eyes--Waiting for the Big Push--The Loos disappointment--Moving G.H.Q. to Montreuil.
How the Montreuillois once learned to hate the English--Early history of the famous town--Its link with the early Roman-British Empire--A border town in the Anglo-French Wars--When G.H.Q. was bombed.
The Functions of G.H.Q.--The varying conditions to be met--The working hours--The organisation of a branch--The Chief's system.
The walks on the Ramparts--The "Monks" of Montreuil had little time for sport--Precautions against "joy-riding"--The jolly Officers' Club--Watching the Map--Ladies at G.H.Q.
The Shell shortage--When relief came--The dramatic Tanks--Bombs--Some ammunition figures--The ingenious inventor.
The magic-workers of the war--Fighting the Germans--Concerning the Victorian primness of conversation and the present popularity of "v.d." as a theme for small talk--The Army and "v.d."--The etiquette of hospitals and the ways of matrons--The war against Trench Feet--Mustard gas in 1918.
A happy lot--The mud season in Flanders--The effects of mustard gas--The character of the mule--Forage difficulties--The French object to our horse ration--The Americans side with us--The animal record in 1918.
The generosity of the British People--G.H.Q. was not a spendthrift--The Pay system--Curiosities of banking in the field--Claims of the civilian inhabitants--The looted rabbit.
What the German submarines taught us--The Salvage Organisation--O.C. Rags, Bones and Swill--Agriculture's good work and hard luck--The Forestry Directorate--Soldiers learn economy in a stern school.
The Padres--The semi-religious organisations--E.F.C. Comforts--Studying the Fighting man--The Great Beer Save.
The queer ways of the Chinks--How to bury a Chinaman properly--The Q.M.A.A.C.s and their fine record--Other types of Labour auxiliaries--The Labour Directorate.
What G.H.Q. thought of the "Temporaries"--Old prejudices and their reason--The material of the "New Armies"--Some "New Army" Officers who did not play the game--The Regular Army Trade Union accepts its "dilutees."
Our Parliament at the Club--A discussion of the Dominions, particularly of Australia--Is the Englishman shy or stand-offish?--How the "Anzacs" came to be--The Empire after the War.
The beginning of an interesting movement--The work of a few enthusiasts--The unexpected peace--Humours of lectures to the Army--Books for the Army--The Army Printery.
The disappointments of 1916 and 1917--The collapse of Russia--The Cambrai Battle--The German propaganda--Fears of irresolution at Home--Reassurances from Home--Effects of the Submarine war--An economical reorganisation at G.H.Q.--A new Quartermaster General--Good effects of cheerfulness at Home.
How the Germans were misled about the Americans--Early American fighters--The arrivals in May, 1918--American equipment--Our relations with the Americans and what they thought of us--The Portuguese.
Was G.H.Q. at fault?--Where we could best afford to lose ground--Refugees complicate the situation--Stark resolution of the French--All Pas-de-Calais to be wrecked if necessary--How our railways broke down--Amiens does not fall.
How a motor lorry waited at the Ecole Militaire to take away the maps to the Coast--The Motor Lorry Reserve--An "appreciation" of the position--Germany lost the War in the first three months--Some notes of German blunders.
Was it necessary?--Was a French Generalissimo inevitable?--Our share in the guiding of the last phase of the campaign--Points on which the British had their way.
The June Position--German attempts to pinch out our lines of supplies--The attacks on hospitals--The glorious last 14 weeks--G.H.Q.'s share.
TO FACE PAGE
THE BOULOGNE GATE 1
THE CAV?E SAINT FIRMIN 14
OUTSIDE THE RAMPARTS 20
THE MARKET 26
LT.-GEN. THE HON. SIR H. A. LAWRENCE 30
LT.-GEN. SIR G. H. FOWKE 38
THE GRANDE PLACE 42
THE RAMPARTS 48
THE THEATRE 50
IN THE OFFICERS' CLUB 54
THE PLACE GAMBETTA 60
THE FOSSE 72
A BY-WAY 80
A ROYAL VISIT: DECEMBER, 1918 90
THE EAST RAMPARTS 102
THE ARMY COMMANDERS 110
MAJOR-GEN. SIR C. A. BRAY 122
MAJOR-GEN. L. B. FRIEND 126
AN ARMY POSTER 132
BRIG.-GEN. THE EARL OF RADNOR 136
AT FORESTRY H.Q. 140
BRIG.-GEN. E. G. WACE 168
THE BOULOGNE GATE 182
MAJOR-GEN. C. BONHAM-CARTER 198
LIEUT.-COL. D. BORDEN TURNER 202
CAPTAIN H. P. HANSELL 204
ON THE RAMPARTS 210
LIEUT.-GEN. SIR TRAVERS CLARKE 226
THE ECOLE MILITAIRE 272
AT THE CHIEF'S CHATEAU 284
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