Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE BRIGHTON BOYS SERIES

BY

LIEUTENANT JAMES R. DRISCOLL

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
WITH THE FLYING CORPS

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
IN THE TRENCHES

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
WITH THE BATTLE FLEET

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
IN THE RADIO SERVICE

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
WITH THE SUBMARINE

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
WITH THE ENGINEERS AT CANTIGNY

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
AT CHATEAU-THIERRY

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
AT ST. MIHIEL

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
IN THE ARGONNE

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
IN TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
IN THE SUBMARINE TREASURE SHIP

The BRIGHTON BOYS at
CHATEAU-THIERRY

BY
LIEUTENANT JAMES R. DRISCOLL

ILLUSTRATED

THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA

Copyright, 1919, by
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. OVERHEARD 9

II. TRACED 15

III. “BANG” 22

IV. CAPTURED 29

V. REWARDED 40

VI. DISSENSION 49

VII. GETTING IN 58

VIII. IN IT 66

IX. REPRISALS 76

X. ZEALOUS BILLY 86

XI. “GONE WEST” 98

XII. TIM 110

XIII. WASH 125

XIV. SHIFTED 138

XV. ON THE WAY 150

XVI. YANKS 162

XVII. VICTORY 175

XVIII. BUSHWHACKING 189

XIX. BOURESCHES 204

XX. FRIENDS 221

XXI. DISTINGUISHED 229

ILLUSTRATIONS

IT WAS A RACE FOR A FEW SECONDS _Frontispiece_

PAGE

THE AMBULANCE WAS STOPPED AS THOUGH IT
HAD BUTTED INTO A STONE WALL 74

DON CAUGHT HIM BY THE SHOULDER AND
WHIRLED HIM AROUND 152

THEY WENT RIGHT TO WORK DISLODGING THE
HUNS FROM THE HOUSES 213

The Brighton Boys at Château-Thierry