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WITH HAIG ON THE SOMME




WITH HAIG ON THE SOMME


BY


D. H. PARRY

_Author of "Gilbert the Outlaw"; "The Scarlet Scouts"; "The V.C.: Its
Heroes and their Valour," etc. etc._


WITH FOUR COLOUR PLATES BY

ARCHIBALD WEBB


CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne




First Published 1917 [Illustration: "The Commandant threw up his arms
and pitched backward; Dennis dropped his weapon and caught him as he
fell"]




  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER                                                    PAGE

   1. AN UNCENSORED LETTER READ ALOUD                           1

   2. OFF TO THE FRONT                                         14

   3. "AT TEN O'CLOCK SHARP!"                                  22

   4. HIS FIRST TIME UNDER FIRE                                33

   5. HOW DENNIS CAME IN FOR A TASTE OF DISPATCH RIDING        42

   6. A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE AT DAWN                             50

   7. A FRIEND IN NEED                                         60

   8. IN THE ENEMY TRENCHES                                    70

   9. IN THE SNIPER'S LAIR                                     78

  10. IN WHICH DENNIS MEETS CLAUDE LAVAL, PILOTE AVIATEUR      87

  11. A DARING DASH                                            97

  12. IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY                               107

  13. A MAD GAMBLE FOR LIBERTY                                116

  14. THE SING-SONG IN THE DUG-