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[Frontispiece: "THE SERGEANT OF HENRI'S PLATOON, ONE ARM DANGLING HELPLESS BY HIS SIDE, STRETCHED OUT A BRAWNY HAND AND GRIPPED OUR HERO'S" (missing from book)]
With Joffre at Verdun
A Story of the Western Front
BY
LT.-COL. F. S. BRERETON
Illustrated by Arch. Webb
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY 1916
Contents
Illustrations
"THE SERGEANT OF HENRI'S PLATOON, ONE ARM DANGLING HELPLESS BY HIS SIDE, STRETCHED OUT A BRAWNY HAND AND GRIPPED OUR HERO'S" (missing from book) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
"A BIG BURLY MAN, A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE STAFF AT RUHLEBEN, BARRED HENRI'S PROGRESS" (missing from book)
"A TERRIFIC CONCUSSION SENT HIS BOWL FLYING AND THE YOUNG SOLDIER HIMSELF ROLLING FROM THE BANK"
"THEY SAW A GERMAN SOLDIER ACTUALLY DRINKING FROM THE STREAM WITHIN A FEW YARDS OF THEM
"THAT BEARDED VETERAN, LEANING OVER THE SWAYING WALL, MADE HAVOC AMONG THE GERMANS WITH HIS BAYONET"
"THE GRENADE LANDED WITHIN A FOOT OF THE FIRE ABOUT WHICH THE MEN HAD BEEN SEATED"
MAP OF VERDUN SALIENT DURING OPERATIONS ON 21ST FEBRUARY, 1916
MAP OF VERDUN SALIENT AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS FIGHTING
WITH JOFFRE AT VERDUN
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)]
CHAPTER VI
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
CHAPTER XII
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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