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F. S. Brereton. With Joffre at Verdun
With Joffre at Verdun
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. The Camp at Ruhleben
CHAPTER II. Henri and Jules and Stuart
CHAPTER III. The Road to Freedom
CHAPTER IV. The Heart of Germany
CHAPTER V. Eluding the Pursuers
[Illustration: "A BIG BURLY MAN, A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE STAFF AT. RUHLEBEN, BARRED HENRI'S PROGRESS" (missing from book)]
Changing their Direction
CHAPTER VII. A Friend in Need
CHAPTER VIII. The Verdun Salient
CHAPTER IX. A Terrific Bombardment
"A TERRIFIC CONCUSSION SENT HIS BOWL FLYING AND. THE YOUNG SOLDIER HIMSELF ROLLING FROM THE BANK"
MAP OF VERDUN SALIENT DURING OPERATIONS ON 21ST FEBRUARY, 1916
CHAPTER X. The Thin Line of Heroes
CHAPTER XI. Falling Back
A Reconnoitring-party
"THEY SAW A GERMAN SOLDIER ACTUALLY DRINKING. FROM THE STREAM WITHIN A FEW YARDS OF THEM"
CHAPTER XIII. Douaumont Fortress
MAP OF VERDUN SALIENT AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS FIGHTING
CHAPTER XIV. Frenchmen and Brandenburgers
CHAPTER XV. Rats in a Trap
THAT BEARDED VETERAN, LEANING OVER THE SWAYING WALL, MADE HAVOC AMONG THE GERMANS WITH HIS BAYONET"
CHAPTER XVI. A Fight to a Finish
"THE GRENADE LANDED WITHIN A FOOT OF THE FIRE. ABOUT WHICH THE MEN HAD BEEN SEATED"
CHAPTER XVII. Charge of the Gallant Bretons
CHAPTER XVIII. A Sinister German
CHAPTER XIX. Heroic "Poilus"
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F. S. Brereton
A Story of the Western Front
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No wonder the unfortunate and rotund guard who had set the camp in an uproar flushed till he became quite scarlet, till his face swelled to the point of bursting, and until his eyes looked as though they would fall out of his astonished head. He stuttered and coughed, and stood at ease, for the effort to remain at attention was beyond him.
"Halt! Stand to attention!" thundered the non-commissioned officer. "Now, your report. There was incipient mutiny amongst the prisoners, eh?"
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