Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) DIXMUDE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER 1914 From the Swedish of ANTON NYSTROM and with an introduction by EDMUND GOSSE, C.B., LL.D. 6s net. EUROPE'S DEBT TO RUSSIA By DR. CHARLES SAROLEA. Cr. 8vo, 3s 6d net. AMONG THE RUINS A Volume of Personal Experiences. By GOMEZ CARRILLO. Cr. 8vo, 3s 6d net. VIVE LA FRANCE By E. ALEXANDER POWELL, Author of "Fighting in Flanders." Cr. 8vo, Illustrated, 3s 6d net. GERMANY'S VIOLATIONS OF THE LAWS OF WAR Published under the auspices of the French Government. Translated by J. O. P. BLAND. With many documents in facsimile. Demy 8vo, 5s net. THE SOUL OF THE WAR By PHILIP GIBBS. Demy 8vo, 7s 6d net. THE POISON WAR By A. A. ROBERTS. Demy 8vo, 5s net. Illustrated. THE DRAMA OF 365 DAYS Scenes in the Great War. By HALL CAINE. With a Photogravure Portrait of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 1s net. * * * * * SOLDIERS' TALES OF THE GREAT WAR Each Volume cr. 8vo, Cloth, 3s 6d net. I. WITH MY REGIMENT. By "PLATOON COMMANDER." [_Ready_ II. DIXMUDE. The Epic of the French Marines. Oct.-Nov. 1914. By CHARLES LE GOFFIC. _Illustrated_ To be followed by III. IN THE FIELD (1914-15). The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry. IV. IN THE DARDANELLES AND SERBIA. Notes of a French Army Doctor. _Illustrated_ WILLIAM HEINEMANN 21 BEDFORD STREET, LONDON, W.C. _The most successful war book. Forty editions have been sold in France._ [Illustration: Phot. _Excelsior_ FRENCH MARINES MARCHING OUT OF THEIR DÉPÔT AT THE GRAND PALAIS, PARIS] DIXMUDE THE EPIC OF THE FRENCH MARINES (OCTOBER 17--NOVEMBER 10, 1914) BY CHARLES LE GOFFIC TRANSLATED BY FLORENCE SIMMONDS _With Maps and Illustrations_ LONDON [Illustration] WILLIAM HEINEMANN _London: William Heinemann, 1916._ INTRODUCTION Praise, they say, is stricken dumb by the greatest names, and also, we may add, by the greatest deeds. It is only by the bare simplicity of faithful narrative that we can hope not to belittle these.