Chapter I: Front Matter

OVER THERE SERIES

THE MARINES AT CHATEAU THIERRY
THE CANADIANS AT VIMY RIDGE
THE DOUGHBOYS AT ST. MIHIEL
PERSHING’S HEROES AT CANTIGNY
THE ENGINEERS AT CAMBRAI
THE YANKS IN THE ARGONNE FOREST

THE GERMANS GAVE WAY UNDER THE TERRIBLE FIRE OF THE TANKS.

[The Marines at Chateau Thierry]
]

OVER THERE
WITH
THE MARINES
AT
CHATEAU THIERRY

_By_
CAPT. GEORGE H. RALPHSON
Author of
OVER THERE WITH THE DOUGHBOYS AT ST. MIHIEL, OVER THERE WITH THE
CANADIANS AT VIMY RIDGE, OVER THERE WITH PERSHING’S HEROES AT CANTIGNY

M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK

Copyright, 1919
M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
CHICAGO

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I PHIL AND TIM 7
II FOUR KILOS ON HOBNAILS 11
III DIGGING IN 17
IV GAS MASKS 22
V A MACHINE-GUN BARRAGE 27
VI THE BOCHES CHARGE 32
VII TIMBER FIGHTING 37
VIII AID FROM THE AIR 44
IX “KILL, KILL, KILL” 48
X A NOVEL DISARMAMENT 52
XI PHIL A PRISONER 57
XII A BARBED WIRE PRISON 62
XIII MR. BOACONSTRICTOR 69
XIV A NEW PRISON 75
XV A LIGHT WITHOUT MATCHES 81
XVI PLANS FOR ESCAPE 87
XVII TUNNELING 92
XVIII THE PRISONERS TAKE A PRISONER 96
XIX OVERHEARD IN A SANDPIT 102
XX ESCAPE 107
XXI THE PLOT 112
XXII GOOD-BY 118
XXIII THE FIGHT IN THE CELLAR 122
XXIV ANOTHER CAPTURE 127
XXV A CHAPTER OF WIND 131
XXVI TURNING THE TABLES 135
XXVII FOOD FOR PROHIBITION 141
XXVIII THE PRISONERS FLEE 145
XXIX IN HIDING 150
XXX AN AUDACIOUS SCHEME 155
XXXI PHIL’S STRATEGY 159
XXXII MR. BOA AGAIN 164
XXXIII TANKS AND “WATER CURE” 170
XXXIV FROM TANK TO LIMOUSINE 178
XXXV IN A TIGHT PLACE 183
XXXVI SUGGESTIVE FLATTERY 188
XXXVII A USELESS ARGUMENT 193
XXXVIII WHAT THE LIGHTNING REVEALED 199
XXXIX “THE CASTLE OF THE HUMAN SNAKE” 204
XL A ROOM OF TORTURE 209
XLI THE “SUBTERRENE” 215
XLII RESCUED 220

Over There with the Marines

at

Chateau Thierry