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I Reach the First Line Belgian Trenches--And become a Belgian
Soldier for the Time Being--A Night Attack--An Adventure
whilst Filming a Mitrailleuse Outpost--Among the Ruins of
Ramscapelle--I Leave the Company and Lose my Way in the
Darkness--A Welcome Light and a Long Sleep--How Little
does the Public know of the Dangers and Difficulties a
Film Operator has to Face 6

CHAPTER III

WITH THE GOUMIERS AT LOMBARTZYDE

A Morning of Surprises--The German Positions Bombarded from
the Sea--Filming the Goumiers in Action--How these
Tenacious Fighters Prepare for Battle--Goumier Habits and
Customs--I Take the Chief's Photograph for the First
Time--And Afterwards take Food with Him--An Interesting
and Fruitful Adventure Ends Satisfactorily 15

CHAPTER IV

THE BATTLE OF THE SAND-DUNES

A Dangerous Adventure and What Came of It--A Race Across
the Sand-dunes--And a Spill in a Shell-hole--The Fate of
a Spy--A Battle in the Dunes--Of which I Secured Some
Fine Films--A Collision with an Obstructive Mule 22

CHAPTER V

UNDER HEAVY SHELL-FIRE

In a Trench Coat and Cap I again Run the Gauntlet--A Near
Squeak--Looking for Trouble--I Nearly Find It--A Rough
Ride and a Mud Bath--An Affair of Outposts--I Get Used to
Crawling--Hot Work at the Guns--I am Reported Dead--But
Prove Very Much Alive--And then Receive a Shock--A Stern
Chase 30

CHAPTER VI

AMONG THE SNOWS OF THE VOSGES

I Start for the Vosges--Am Arrested on the Swiss Frontier--And
Released--But Arrested Again--And then Allowed to Go My
Way--Filming in the Firing Zone--A Wonderful French
Charge Over the Snow-clad Hills--I Take Big Risks--And
Get a Magnificent Picture 40

PART II

CHAPTER I

HOW I CAME TO MAKE OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES

I am Appointed an Official War Office Kinematographer--And Start
for the Front Line Trenches--Filming the German Guns in
Action--With the Canadians--Picturesque Hut Settlement
Among the Poplars--"Hyde Park Corner"--Shaving by
Candlelight in Six Inches of Water--Filming in Full View
of the German Lines, 75 yards away--A Big Risk, but a
Realistic Picture