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 today 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
WITH THE
BRITISH ARTILLERY

BY
KENNETH WARD

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1917, by
AMERICAN AUTHORS PUBLISHING CO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE DECISION 13

II. THE FIGHT IN DEVIL'S CUT 24

III. THE 75-MILLIMETRE GUNS 32

IV. A LESSON IN OBSERVATION 42

V. THE CURTAIN OF FIRE 50

VI. A SHELLED BATTLEFIELD 60

VII. A LIVELY CAMP BEHIND THE LINES 70

VIII. THE SPIES IN THE CAMP 82

IX. THE LAWS AGAINST SPIES 93

X. A DIFFICULT TRIP TO THE MAIN TRENCHES 104

XI. DISCOVERING A GERMAN RANGE-FINDER 116

XII. FINDING THE ENEMY'S BATTERY 128

XIII. THE MYSTERIOUS FIGURES ON THE RANGE-FINDER 140

XIV. CAUGHT IN A TERRIFIC DRIVE 152

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_"At them, boys!" shrieked the Corporal_ _Frontispiece_

PAGE

_Method of Signaling from Airplanes_ 53

_Peculiarities of Trajectories_ 56

_Peculiarities of Trajectories_ 57

_The Deadly Shrapnel Shell_ 68

_The Spy's Account Book_ 91

_Pontooning Heavy Guns Across a Stream_ 101

_A German Range-Finder_ 118

_Arrangement of Guns on Hill 203_ 138

THE BOY VOLUNTEERS

WITH THE BRITISH

ARTILLERY