Chapter I: Preface: ix

I. UP TO SAMPLE 1

II. COURAGE 7

III. COURAGE AND DISCIPLINE 17

IV. BOYS OF THE BULLDOG BREED 29

V. FACING FEARFUL ODDS 37

VI. FIGHTS TO A FINISH 45

VII. CAVALRY CHARGES 52

VIII. GRIT AND GUNS 57

IX. GALLANTRY OF INDIVIDUALS 68

X. SELF PUT ASIDE 78

XI. BROTHERS-IN-ARMS 91

XII. UNDER FIRE 101

XIII. "I'VE GOT IT" 110

XIV. FROM FEAR TO HEROISM 117

XV. UNCOMMON COMBATS 123

XVI. IN THE TRENCHES 132

XVII. NOT DOWNHEARTED 142

XVIII. PLAY AND WORK 148

XIX. WAR AS A GAME 158

XX. THE COURAGE THAT BEARS 164

XXI. IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL 170

XXII. READY TO RETURN 176

XXIII. FASHIONS AT THE FRONT 182

XXIV. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS 189

XXV. UNCONSCIOUS HUMORISTS 199

XXVI. NICKNAMES 209

XXVII. TENDER-HEARTED BECAUSE BRAVE 213

XXVIII. WHAT THE FRENCH AND BELGIANS THINK 228