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Title: The Firing Line

Author: Robert W. Chambers

Release Date: April 19, 2005 [EBook #15654]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "She faced him, white as death, looking at him
blindly."]

THE

FIRING LINE

BY

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

AUTHOR OF "THE FIGHTING CHANCE," "THE YOUNGER SET," ETC.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK, 1908

TO

MARGERY CHAMBERS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.--A SKIRMISH

CHAPTER II.--A LANDING

CHAPTER III.--AN ADVANCE

CHAPTER IV.--RECONNAISSANCE

CHAPTER V.--A FLANK MOVEMENT

CHAPTER VI.--ARMISTICE

CHAPTER VII.--A CHANGE OF BASE

CHAPTER VIII.--MANOEUVERING

CHAPTER IX.--THE INVASION

CHAPTER X.--TERRA INCOGNITA

CHAPTER XI.--PATHFINDERS

CHAPTER XII.--THE ALLIED FORCES

CHAPTER XIII.--THE SILENT PARTNERS

CHAPTER XIV.--STRATEGY

CHAPTER XV.--UNDER FIRE

CHAPTER XVI.--AN ULTIMATUM

CHAPTER XVII.--ECHOES

CHAPTER XVIII.--PERIL

CHAPTER XIX.--THE LINE OF BATTLE

CHAPTER XX.--A NEW ENEMY

CHAPTER XXI.--REINFORCEMENTS

CHAPTER XXII.--THE ROLL CALL

CHAPTER XXIII.--A CAPITULATION

CHAPTER XXIV.--THE SCHOOL OF THE RECRUIT

CHAPTER XXV.--A CONFERENCE

CHAPTER XXVI.--SEALED INSTRUCTIONS

CHAPTER XXVII.--MALCOURT LISTENS

CHAPTER XXVIII.--HAMIL IS SILENT

CHAPTER XXIX.--CALYPSO'S GIFT

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"She faced him, white as death, looking at him blindly"

"So he sat there and told her all about his commission"

"Never had he tasted such a heavenly banquet"

"Examining the pile of plans, reports, and blue-prints"

"She walked a few paces toward the house, halted, and looked