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     [Illustration: SAMMY MACHINE GUNS AND RIFLES MOWED THEM DOWN.
              _The Khaki Boys at the Front._ _Page 127_]




                            THE KHAKI BOYS
                             AT THE FRONT
                                  OR
                _Shoulder to Shoulder in the Trenches_


                                  By

                          CAPT. GORDON BATES

              Author of "The Khaki Boys at Camp Sterling"
                   "The Khaki Boys on the Way," etc.



                             _ILLUSTRATED_



                               NEW YORK

                        CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY




                          COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY
                        CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

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                      THE KHAKI BOYS AT THE FRONT




CONTENTS


          CHAPTER                      PAGE

     I A JOYFUL REUNION                 1

    II MEETING COUSIN EMILE            10

   III TRAILED                         20

    IV AN UNSEEN FOE                   27

     V A WILD GOOSE CHASE              32

    VI THE UNFORESEEN                  38

   VII "AT HOME"                       45

  VIII A BOCHE TESTIMONIAL             51

    IX ON THE MARCH                    59

     X THE LAST LAP                    68

    XI IN THE FIRE TRENCH              75

   XII GETTING USED TO IT              85

  XIII UNDER FIRE                      94

   XIV DETAILED TO SCOUTING DUTY      104

    XV OUT IN NO MAN'S LAND           114

   XVI FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED        122

   XVII MISSING: A BROTHER            128

  XVIII "IT'S A GREAT LIFE