CHAPTER XIV

THE WAR, 1914-1917--MRS. WARD'S FIRST TWO JOURNEYS TO FRANCE

Mrs. Ward's feeling about Germany--Letter to André Chevrillon--Re-organization of the Passmore Edwards Settlement--President Roosevelt's Letter--Talk with Sir Edward Grey--Visits to Munition Centres--To the Fleet--To France--Mrs. Ward near Neuve Chapelle and on the Scherpenberg Hill--Return Home--_England's Effort_--Death of F. W. Whitridge and of Reginald Smith--Second Journey to France, 1917--The Bois de Bouvigny--The Battle-field of the Ourcq--Lorraine--_Towards the Goal_ 264-287