CH WARFARE--VIS-CHERISY FRONT 143

XXVI. THE HOUTHULST FOREST 153

XXVII. DIVISIONAL REST NEAR ST. OMER 161

XXVIII. THE PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE 165

XXIX. GOOD-BYE TO THE 50TH DIVISION 173

XXX. DIGGING TRENCHES ABOUT LOOS 176

XXXI. THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE 1918--SECOND BATTLE OF ARRAS 182

XXXII. TRENCH WARFARE--HEBUTERNE 203

XXXIII. TRENCH WARFARE--THE COLINCAMPS RIDGE 207

XXXIV. THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE 1918--BAPAUME RETAKEN 219

XXXV. THE STORMING OF THE HINDENBURG LINE NEAR TRESCAULT 224

XXXVI. THE GERMANS' LAST STAND 230

XXXVII. THE FINAL RUSH FORWARD 234

XXXVIII. THE END OF IT ALL 238

NOTE

The following abbreviations are used:

B.H.Q. = Brigade Head-quarters.
C.C.S. = Casualty Clearing Station.
C.O. = Commanding Officer.
C.T. = Communication Trench.
D.A.Q.M.G. = Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-General.
D.H.Q. = Divisional Head-quarters.
F.A. = Field Ambulance.
H.Q. = Head-quarters.
L.-C. = Lance-Corporal.
N.C.O. = Non-commissioned Officer.
O.C. = Officer Commanding.
O.P. = Observation Post.
O.T.C. = Officers' Training Corps.
Q.M. = Quartermaster.
R.T.O. = Railway Transport Officer.
Y.M.C.A. = Young Men's Christian Association.

Q. 6. A

RECOLLECTIONS OF 1916, 1917, AND 1918

I

WHEN IT BEGAN

Before the war I was living in London, with chambers at Lincoln's Inn.

I was not surprised when the trouble started. Ever since 1904 it was
reasonably clear to me that our country would have to fight the
Germans or go under.

The days before we declared war on Germany were spent in London.
During the last few of them it was as though a terrible thunderstorm
was hanging overhead, ready to burst: gloom and foreboding on the
faces of all. There is no doubt that most of our people were taken by
surprise and that they were aghast at the sudden gathering of the war
cloud. But when the stroke of fate fell and we were committed to the
war, there was a curious sense of relief in many hearts. Better death
and ru