Chapter I: Front Matter

THE BOY VOLUNTEERS SERIES

By KENNETH WARD

_12mo. Cloth. Fully Illustrated_ _50c per Volume_

THE NEWEST BOYS' BOOKS ON THE EUROPEAN WAR, RELATING THE ADVENTURES
OF TWO AMERICAN BOYS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES IN BATTLE AND ON AIR
SCOUT DUTY. ALL PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH AUTHENTIC DRAWINGS.

=The Boy Volunteers on the Belgian Front=

Describes the adventures of two American boys who were in Europe
when the great war commenced. Their enlistment with Belgian
troops and their remarkable experiences are based upon actual
occurrences and the book is replete with line drawings of
fighting machines, air planes and maps of places where the most
important battles took place and of other matters of interest.

=The Boy Volunteers with the French Airmen=

This book relates the further adventures of the young Americans
in France, where they viewed the fighting from above the firing
lines. From this book the reader gains considerable knowledge of
the different types of air planes and battle planes used by the
warring nations, as all descriptions are illustrated with
unusually clear line drawings.

=The Boy Volunteers with the British Artillery=

How many boys to-day know anything about the great guns now
being used on so many European battle fronts? Our young friends
had the rare opportunity of witnessing, at first hand, a number
of these terrific duels, and the story which is most
fascinatingly told is illustrated with numerous drawings of the
British, French and German field pieces.

=The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet=

Our young heroes little expected to be favored with so rare an
experience as a trip under the sea in one of the great
submarines. In this book the author accurately describes the
submarine in action, and the many interesting features of this
remarkable fighting craft are made clear to the reader by a
series of splendid line drawings.

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

THE BOY VOLUNTEERS
ON THE
BELGIAN FRONT

BY
KENNETH WARD

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1917, by
AMERICAN AUTHORS PUBLISHING CO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I AN INTERRUPTED JOURNEY 15

II THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THE UHLANS 25

III THE WRECKED TRAIN 34

IV THE WORK OF A SPY 41

V THE STRUGGLE THROUGH THE COUNTRY 54

VI ON THE ROAD TO LIÈGE 59

VII A THRILLING FIGHT 72

VIII THEY REACH THE BELGIAN FORCES 84

IX THE FIRST BATTLE 96

X IN THE MESSENGER SERVICE 107

XI PURSUED BY THE UHLANS 118

XII CATCHING A SPY 132

XIII THE LOSS OF THEIR MACHINES IN BATTLE 147

XIV THE CAPTURE AND ESCAPE 161

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_"They Are the Fellows Who Stopped Our Train,"
Said Ralph_ _Frontispiece_

_Page_

_Belgian Flag_ 18

_German 42-Centimeter Gun_ 61

_Using Dipper to Find North_ 79

_Shrapnel Shell_ 90

_Exploding Shrapnel_ 91

_German Taube Airplane_ 97

_A Dome-Topped Fort of Liège_ 118

_Map of Liège_ 131

_Map of Louvain_ 165

THE BOY VOLUNTEERS

ON THE

BELGIAN FRONT