Chapter I: Front Matter

A LIVELY BIT OF THE FRONT

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[Frontispiece: HE HAD BLUNDERED RIGHT INTO A PARTY OF HUNS]

A LIVELY BIT OF THE FRONT

A Tale of the New Zealand Rifles on the Western Front

BY PERCY F. WESTERMAN

Illustrated by Wal Paget

BLACKIE & SON LIMITED LONDON AND GLASGOW

By Percy F. Westerman

Captain Fosdyke's Gold.
In Defiance of the Ban.
Captain Sang.
The Senior Cadet.
The Amir's Ruby.
The Secret of the Plateau.
Leslie Dexter, Cadet.
All Hands to the Boats.
A Mystery of the Broads.
Rivals of the Reef.
A Shanghai Adventure.
Pat Stobart in the "Golden Dawn".
The Junior Cadet.
Captain Starlight.
The Sea-Girt Fortress.
On the Wings of the Wind.
Captured at Tripoli.
Captain Blundell's Treasure.
The Third Officer.
Unconquered Wings.
The Riddle of the Air.
Chums of the "Golden Vanity".
Clipped Wings.
The Luck of the "Golden Dawn ".
The Salving of the "Fusi Yama".
Winning his Wings.
A Lively Bit of the Front.
A Cadet of the Mercantile Marine.
The Good Ship "Golden Effort".
East in the "Golden Gain"
The Quest of the "Golden Hope".
Sea Scouts Abroad.
Sea Scouts Up-Channel.
The Wireless Officer.
A Lad of Grit.
The Submarine Hunters.
Sea Scouts All.
The Thick of the Fray.
A Sub and a Submarine.
Under the White Ensign.
The Fight for Constantinople.
With Beatty off Jutland.
The Dispatch Riders.

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Contents
CHAP.
I. MALCOLM CARR'S DECISION
II. No. 99,109, R/M CARR
III. THE FIRST TREK
IV. THE INTERRUPTED CONCERT
V. BROKEN DOWN IN MID-OCEAN
VI. MAN OVERBOARD
VII. QUITS!
VIII. LEFT BEHIND
IX. IN THE RING
X. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE STOKEHOLD
XI. CORNERED
XII. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
XIII. NEWS OF PETER
XIV. THE ANZACS' HOAX
XV. THE EVE OF MESSINES
XVI. KONRAD VON FELDOFFER
XVII. OVER THE TOP
XVIII. THE CAPTURED TRENCH
XIX. TRAPPED IN A DUG-OUT
XX. THE WAY OUT
XXI. OUT OF TOUCH
XXII. A PRISONER OF WAR
XXIII. AT DÜREN CAMP
XXIV. ESCAPE
XXV. ON THE BARGE
XXVI. AT THE FRONTIER
XXVII. THE END OF A SPY
XXVIII. IN THE FIRING-LINE AGAIN
XXIX. THE BATTLE IN THE MUD
XXX. THE LAST STAND

Illustrations

HE HAD BLUNDERED RIGHT INTO A PARTY OF HUNS (Frontispiece)
"BY GUM, THAT'S A MIGHTY QUEER CHUNK OF COAL!"
"WING HIM!" EXCLAIMED MALCOLM
"IT'S SPUD MURPHY AND JOE JENNINGS!"

A LIVELY BIT OF THE FRONT