fast running out, and I am nearing the end of my story. In
all the pictures that it has been my good fortune to take during the two
and a half years that I have been kept at work on the great European
battlefield, I have always tried to remember that it was through the eye
of the camera, directed by my own sense of observation, that the
millions of people at home would gain their only first-hand knowledge of
what was happening at the front.

I have tried to make my pictures actual and reliable, above all I have
striven to catch the atmosphere of the battlefield, and whilst I have
dwelt as little as possible upon its horrors, I have aimed at showing
the magnificent spirit which imbues our fighting men, from the highest
in command to the humblest unit in the ranks.

I am proud to think that the task of doing this has been mine, and in
doing it, I have tried "to do my bit" for the land that gave me birth.

THE END

INDEX

A

Albert, 172

Albert, King of the Belgians, 217

Alexander of Teck, Prince, 217

Amiens, 254

Andrew Paul, Mayor of Bierne, 289, 290

Anzacs, the, 211

Armentieres, 108

Arras, 83, 108, 293

Aubers Ridge, 114

Australians, the, 197, 198

B

Babin, M. Gustave, of _L'Illustration_, 299

Bailleul, 52

Bapaume, 250

Basle, 41

Beaumont Hamel, 124, 129, 165, 208, 245, 265, 303

Becourt Wood, 172, 176, 197

Belfort, 42

Belgians, Queen of, 217, 218

Bernafay Wood, 186, 188

Besancon, 42, 47

Biaches, 254

Biel, 41

Bierne, 277, 284, 289

Bizantin-le-Grand, 190

Bois de Holnon, 294, 303

Bois de Savy, 300, 303

Boulogne, 205-7, 253, 254

Bouleaux Wood, 240

Bouvais, 295

Bovincourt, 270, 271, 274, 275, 277, 279-84, 289

Brie, 263, 267, 269, 272, 274, 276

Brooks, Lieut., Official "Still" Photographer, 259-65, 275

Burstall, General, 218

C

Calais, 219-221

Cambrai, 259

Canadians, the, 52-60, 218

Camoy Valley, 184

Caulaincourt, 294

Cavan, Earl of, 63, 76, 77

Clarendon Film Co., the, 5

Contalmaison, 199, 201-203

D

Delemont, 41

Delville Wood, 238

Dieppe, 48

Dijon, 47

_Dinorah_, S.S., the, 48

Dixmude, 31

Dunkirk, 111

E

Estrees, 259, 271, 276

F

Fayet, 300

Festubert, 108, 114

Foch, Gen., 215

Folkestone, 251

Foscaucourt, 259

Foucacourt, 276

Francilly-Selency, 300

Fricourt, 171, 208, 209, 212

Fromelles, 114

Furnes, 6, 8, 13, 15, 21, 29, 30, 38

G

Gaumon