CHAPTER II

WARFARE

"Plug Street"--British Army in being--At General Headquarters--Rest billets--Mud or death--The trenches--Buzzing bullets--Sir Douglas Haig--The Front--Restrictions on the narrative--Reviewed by Commander-in-Chief--Canadians in the trenches--Our men take to football--"Jack Johnsons"--A German challenge--General Alderson--The General's methods--His speech to the Canadians--A fine Force