Chapter 1

SCOUTING IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY. 463

ILLUSTRATIONS

"SERGEANT FRONKLYN DRAGGED THE FORM OF LIEUTENANT LYON OUT OF THE MÊLÉE" _Frontispiece_

ILLUSTRATED TITLE

"COME DOWN, OR YOU ARE A DEAD MAN" _Page_ 64

"THEY LAID HIM ON THE GRASS JUST AS THE RECALL WAS SOUNDED" 141

"HE SOON DISCOVERED HIS LIEUTENANT RIDING AT THE HEAD OF HIS PLATOON" 210

"THE SHARPSHOOTERS RUSHED DOWN THE DECLIVITY" 262

"THE BALL STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD" 388

"THE UNWELCOME VISITORS POINTED THEIR WEAPONS" 461

A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN