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Title: The Belgians to the Front

Author: Colonel James Fiske

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World's War Series, Volume 5

THE BELGIANS TO THE FRONT

by

COLONEL JAMES FISKE

Illustrated by E. A. Furman

[Frontispiece: "Unless you can prove that you are innocent, you will be
tried as spies," said the lieutenant.]

The Saalfield Publishing Company
Chicago ------ Akron, Ohio ------ New York
Copyright, 1915
by
The Saalfield Publishing Company

CONTENTS

Chapter

I A Discovery
II The Marked Plans
III The House of Mystery
IV The Flight
V Pursuit
VI At Headquarters
VII The Fire
VIII The Uhlan
IX War
X Prisoners of War
XI The Spy
XII A Close Shave
XIII The Civic Guards
XIV Submission
XV The Butcher's Wife
XVI The Wine Shop
XVII The Battle
XVIII Victory

The Belgians To The Front

CHAPTER I

A DISCOVERY

In the great public square of the ancient city of Liege, in Belgium, a
troop of Belgian Boy Scouts stood at attention. Staffs in hand, clad
in the short knickerbockers, the khaki shirts and the wide campaign
hats that mark the Boy Scout all over the world, they were enough of a
spectacle to draw the attention of the busy citizens of Liege, who
stopped to watch them admiringly. Their scoutmaster, Armand Van Verde,
had been addressing them. And now in the fading light of the late
afternoon, he dismissed them.

At once the troop broke up, first into patrols, then into small
individual groups of two or three. The f