Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE BOY SCOUTS AFOOT IN FRANCE

Or

With the Red Cross Corps at the Marne

by

HERBERT CARTER

Author of “The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga” “The Boy Scouts Through the Big Timber” “The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island” “The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge” “The Boy Scouts’ First Camp Fire” “The Boy Scouts in the Rockies” “The Boy Scouts on the Trail” “The Boy Scouts on War Trails in Belgium” “The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie” “The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods” “The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna”

Copyright, 1917 By A. L. Burt Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I Landed in Antwerp 3
II Held Up on the Border 11
III Down the Slope 20
IV Giraffe on Guard 29
V At Calais, on the Channel 39
VI Caught Between the Lines 48
VII A Narrow Escape 58
VIII The Dangerous Crossing 65
IX With the French at the Front 76
X Giraffe Faces a Serious Charge 87
XI The Battle 98
XII The Wanderings of Bumpus 106
XIII A Thrilling Spectacle 114
XIV Back to the Firing Line 123
XV In the Service of the Red Cross 132
XVI At the French Hospital 141
XVII The Scouts Under Fire 151
XVIII Making History 162
XIX Thad Turns Magician 170
XX Running the Gantlet of Shells 178
XXI At Joffre’s Headquarters 189
XXII The Man Who Saved Paris 198
XXIII Where Victory Was Seized 207
XXIV Headed for Paris 216
XXV Giraffe Has a Narrow Escape 225
XXVI The Badge of Courage and Honor 234
XXVII Conclusion 244

THE BOY SCOUTS AFOOT IN FRANCE