Chapter IV: April

Rumours--Lord Kitchener's visit--A horticultural joke--German
hate manufactured in Lille--Red Cross assistance--The peculiar
exploit of Mapplebeck of the Flying Corps--A joy-ride through
Ypres and up the Menin Road--The commencement of the fight for
Hill 60--The first coming of the German gas--The plight of
the French Reservists--The magnificent work of the Canadian
Division--In support of the French line--Tangled traffic on
the road to Ypres--Shelled in Elverdinghe--Deadly howitzer
shells--Poperinghe bombarded--Belgian refugees--The aviation
park evacuated--The want of traffic organisation--The 200
Canadian heroes in St. Julian--Conflicting reports about the
capture of Lizerne--International failure to coincide as to the
results of battle--British infantry attacks to win back the lost
ground--Children at play near a battle-field--Artillery work in
modern warfare--An attack on Lizerne by British field guns and
French Zouaves--The ethics of gun-fire--Lizerne proves a hard
nut to crack--British counter-attacks along the salient line
abortive--17-inch Hun shells--A big shell lights in a château
garden--Shell plus chandelier--A car in a Belgian ditch--Billets
in Wormhoudt--Welcome rest 121-177