[Illustration: The two forces met with a tremendous shock.] ARMY BOYS MARCHING INTO GERMANY OR OVER THE RHINE WITH THE STARS AND STRIPES BY HOMER RANDALL AUTHOR OF “ARMY BOYS IN FRANCE,” “ARMY BOYS IN THE FRENCH TRENCHES,” ETC. ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY PUBLISHERS BOOKS FOR BOYS ARMY BOYS SERIES BY HOMER RANDALL 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated ARMY BOYS IN FRANCE Or From Training Camp to Trenches ARMY BOYS IN THE FRENCH TRENCHES Or Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy ARMY BOYS ON THE FIRING LINE Or Holding Back the German Drive ARMY BOYS IN THE BIG DRIVE Or Smashing Forward to Victory ARMY BOYS MARCHING INTO GERMANY Or Over the Rhine with the Stars and Stripes GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY _Army Boys Marching Into Germany_ PRINTED IN U.S.A. ARMY BOYS MARCHING INTO GERMANY CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE DISGUISED OFFICER 1 II TRAPPED 11 III A BREATHLESS MOMENT 26 IV IN THE TUNNEL 36 V A MASTER STROKE 46 VI COLONEL PAVET RETURNS 57 VII AT GRIPS WITH DEATH 72 VIII PUTTING IT OVER 81 IX THE SHINING PLANE 89 X TANK AGAINST TANK 99 XI LIQUID FIRE 109 XII BEATING THE HUNS TO THEIR KNEES 117 XIII THE WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER 128 XIV VICTORY 139 XV ON TO THE RHINE 148 XVI THE MARCH OF TRIUMPH 154 XVII FRIENDS OR FOES? 160 XVIII A PERPLEXING QUESTION 169 XIX THE LONE STRAGGLER 175 XX ON GERMAN SOIL 181 XXI AS FROM THE DEAD 187 XXII A JOYOUS REUNION 193 XXIII CROSSING THE RHINE 199 XXIV THE CELLAR 204 XXV FOILING THE GERMAN PLOT 210 ARMY BOYS MARCHING INTO GERMANY CHAPTER I THE DISGUISED OFFICER “We’ll hold this position, boys, if we die for it,” exclaimed Frank Sheldon, as he wiped the grime and sweat from his face with his sleeve and reloaded his rifle. “We’ll die all right,” muttered Tom Bradford, as his rifle cracked and accounted for another German, “but we’ll take lots of those fellows with us anyway.” “There doesn’t seem to be any stopping them,” grunted Billy Waldon. “Looks as if the whole German army’s wading into us.”