PART IV

THE BATTLE OF MESSINES

I. WYTSCHAETE AND MESSINES 152 II. THE SPIRIT OF VICTORY 159 III. AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE 164 IV. THE EFFECT OF THE BLOW 172 V. LOOKING BACKWARD 176 VI. THE AUSTRALIANS AT MESSINES 180 VII. A BATTLE IN A THUNDER-STORM 183 VIII. THE TRAGEDY AT LOMBARTZYDE 186 IX. THE STRUGGLE FOR HELL WOOD 190