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With our army in Flanders

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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A frontline correspondent recounts six months with the British Army in Flanders through impressionistic accounts of trench life, the war of positions, and the struggle for salient ground. He reports on daily routines, billets among peasants, the comradeship of the trenches, and scenes at headquarters that illuminate command and organization. Chapters survey Ypres and local castles, profile officers and formations, and describe the role of colonial contingents alongside Territorial and New Army units. Written in the field under censorship, the narrative combines frontline anecdote, maps and illustrations, and measured criticism to convey material conditions, morale, and the logistical challenges of modern industrial warfare.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Facing page
SILENT YPRES Frontispiece
PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR 1
A CORNER OF A TRENCH WITH A TRAVERSE ON THE EXTREME LEFT 24
THE WAR OF BOMB AND KNIFE; FRENCH SOLDIERS WITH MASKS AND STEEL HELMETS 28
A BURSTING MINE 34
MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES 49
BILLETS IN THE FIELD: THE BRITISH SOLDIER AND HIS PEASANT HOSTS 126
CRICKET AT THE FRONT 132
A SCENE AT A BASE 160
“THE CHIEF” 170
UNDER THE EYE OF “THE CHIEF”—TROOPS MARCHING PAST SIR JOHN FRENCH AT THE FRONT 180
IN A GERMAN TRENCH 202
GERMAN PRISONERS 230
BIG SHELL EXPLODING ON A ROAD IN FRANCE—GERMAN SOLDIERS IN FOREGROUND 266
INDIAN CAVALRY IN A FRENCH VILLAGE 288
INDIAN INFANTRY ON THE MARCH 296

Elliott & Fry phot.
Mr. G. Valentine Williams.