ILLUSTRATIONS
Where Boyhood Guards France _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
"Please, Colonel, Can't I Join?" 12
A Belgian Boy Hero 26
Smoke, the Herald of Death 38
Armored Train Defending Antwerp 50
Armored Car Harassing Invaders 50
The First Clash 64
Taking Soup to the Firing-Line 76
The Modern Ogre of the Forest 88
The Charge Irresistible 100
A Mammoth German War Car 118
French Cavalry on Patrol 136
Royal Boy Warriors 146
Liquid Fire Projected from the German Trenches 156
Liquid Fire Projected from Portable Reservoirs 156
Boy Heroes of the Front 168
"Our Enemies Showed Great Gallantry" 180
French Infantry Advancing 200
German Infantry Advancing 200
"They Do Not Pass!" 210
"The Veteran's Advice" 210
"We've Got Them Licked, Boys!" 222
The War of Fire 232
Saved in a Hail of Shell 242
Attack on a Stranded Tank 256
The Men Whom No Danger Can Daunt 272
The Endless Line of Motor Convoys 294
The Valley of the Dead 304
Listening-Patrol Trapped by a Star-Shell 314
Locating Enemy Sappers on a Listening-Patrol 314
French Tank Cutting Wire 322
Machine-Gun Dog-Team in Belgium 338
Each Kennel Inhabited by One Wise, Silent Dog 338
Message Dog Wearing Gas Mask 342
The Zouave Bugler's Last Call 348
When Hooded Demons Take the Trenches 356
The Approach of Doom 362
Bringing up Food for the Firing-Line through a Poison Gas Cloud 368
The Battle of Demon Faces. Flinging Bombs in a Mist of Green Death 368
THE WONDER OF WAR ON LAND