Private Smith, the company bomber, formerly "Shinio," the popular
juggler, frequently causes considerable anxiety to his platoon.]

[Illustration: "---- ---- these ---- ---- rations."]

[Illustration: Dear ----

"At present we are staying at a farm..."]

[Illustration: The Eternal Question.

"When the 'ell is it goin' to be strawberry?"]

[Illustration: Directing the Way at the Front.

"Yer knows the dead 'orse 'cross the road? Well, keep straight on till
yer comes to a p'rambulator 'longside a Johnson 'ole."]

[Illustration: The Late Comer.

"Where 'ave you been? 'Avin' your bloomin' fortune told?"]

[Illustration: The Innocent Abroad.

Out since Mons: "Well, what sort of a night 'ave yer 'ad?"

Novice (but persistent optimist): "Oh, alright. 'Ad to get out and rest
a bit now and again."]

[Illustration: "There goes our blinkin' parapet again."]

[Illustration: "We shall attack at Dawn"

"Never mind about that now, drink this."

"The Push"--in Three Chapters.

By one who's been "Pushed."]

[Illustration: "The Spirit of our Troops is Excellent."]

[Illustration: The Things that Matter.

Scene: Loos, during the September offensive.

Colonel Fitz-Shrapnel receives the following message from "G. H.
Q.":--"Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of
raspberry jam issued to you last Friday."]

[Illustration: The Soldier's Dream.

A "Bitter" disappointment on waking.]

[Illustration: The Thirst for Reprisals.

"'And me a rifle, someone. I'll give these ----s 'ell for this!"]

[Illustration: The Ideal and the Real.

What we should like to see at our billets--and (inset) what we do see.]

[Illustration: "Watch me make a fire-bucket of 'is 'elmet."]

[Illustration: "That 16-inch Sensation."]

[Illustration: That Sword.

How he thought he was going to use it----]

[Illustration: ----and how he did use it.]

[Illustration: What It Really Feels Like.

To be on patrol duty at night-time.]

[Illustration: "The same old moon."]

[Illustration: "My dream for years to come."]

[Illustration: Coiffure in the Trenches.

"Keep yer 'ead still, or I'll 'ave yer blinkin' ear off."]

[Illustration: Another Maxim Maxim.

"Machine guns form a valuable support for infantry."]

[Illustration: Our Democratic Army.

Member of Navvies' Battalion (to Colonel): "I say, yer mate's dropped
'is cane."]

[Illustration: Five days leav