CHAPTER IX

THE DEMON FACES 334

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