Chapter II: Introduction: i--xv

I. TOWARDS GHENT 1
II. THE BATTLE OF MELLE 11
III. RETREAT 29
IV. ON THE YSER 35
V. DIXMUDE 42
VI. THE CAPTURE OF BEERST 52
VII. THE FIRST EFFECTS OF THE BOMBARDMENT 70
VIII. THE INUNDATION 94
IX. THE MURDER OF COMMANDER JEANNIOT 99
X. IN THE TRENCHES 117
XI. THE ATTACK ON THE CHATEAU DE WOUMEN 133
XII. THE DEATH OF DIXMUDE 142

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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FRENCH MARINES MARCHING OUT OF THEIR DEPOT _Frontispiece_
THE FLAG OF THE BRIGADE 4
LA GRAND' PLACE, DIXMUDE 36
THE PAPEGAEI INN 42
THE BEGUINAGE AT DIXMUDE 48
THE BRIDGE AND FLOUR FACTORY 54
BELGIAN ARMOURED CAR RECONNOITRING 60
THE PARISH CHURCH AFTER THE FIRST DAYS
OF THE BOMBARDMENT 76
THE TOWN-HALL AND BELFRY AFTER THE
FIRST DAYS OF THE BOMBARDMENT 92
THE "KIEKENSTRAAT" (CHICKEN STREET)
AFTER THE FIRST DAYS OF THE BOMBARDMENT 140
OLD HOUSES ON THE HANDZAEME CANAL 150
THE INUNDATION. OLD MILL AND FARMS ON
THE YSER 162
PLAN OF ATTACK ON DIXMUDE ON NOVEMBER
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MAP OF OPERATIONS ROUND DIXMUDE
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