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SKETCHES

PART I.

ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT.

A SOLDIER'S SKETCHES UNDER FIRE.

INTRODUCTORY.

ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT.

CHAPTER I.

From Southampton to Malta .

At Malta .

Malta and the Pirates .

Sergeants' Mess .

Fortifications .

The Maltese .

CHAPTER II.

FROM MALTA TO MARSEILLES.

The Story of "The Marseillaise."

CHAPTER III.

FROM MARSEILLES TO ARMENTIÈRES.

Tub, Tea and a Halt .

"Doomsday Book."

The Last Stage .

Lady Angela Forbes's Soldiers' Home at Etaples .

On the Road to the Trenches .

PART II.

AT THE FRONT.

CHAPTER IV.

SOME SAMPLE EXCITEMENTS OF LIFE IN THE TRENCHES.

At Armentières .

Fetching Water .

Capture of a German Trench .

A Night Relief .

Ration Parties .

Gathering In our Firewood .

"Stand To."

CHAPTER V.

THE LIGHTER SIDE OF TRENCH LIFE.

Sing-Songs.

"Dirty Dick's" .

"Seventy-Five Hotel."

"Chicken Farm."

A French Comedian .

CHAPTER VI.

THE "MAKE" OF A BRITISH TRENCH.

A Traverse .

The Birth-Place of a Song .

Trench Periscope .

CHAPTER VII.

THE RUSE OF A GERMAN SNIPER.

The Sniper who Lived in a Tree .

CHAPTER VIII.

THREE DEATH TRAPS.

Suicide Bridge .

Suicide Signal Box .

A Mile-and-a-Half of Hell .

The Hole in the Wall .

CHAPTER IX.

GERMAN BEASTS IN A FRENCH CONVENT.

CHAPTER X.

ANOTHER SCENE OF BOCHE BRUTALITY.

CHAPTER XI.

THE TRICK THAT DIDN'T TRICK US.

"Jam-tin Artillery Party."

Dilapidated Quarters .

CHAPTER XII.

THE BARRED ROAD TO CALAIS.

"Golgotha." .

In Hospital .

With Cavalry in 1915.

The British Trooper in the Trench Line. Through the Second Battle of Ypres.