FRENCH MARINES MARCHING OUT OF THEIR DÉPÔT _Frontispiece_ THE FLAG OF THE BRIGADE 4 LA GRAND' PLACE, DIXMUDE 36 THE PAPEGAEI INN 42 THE BÉGUINAGE AT DIXMUDE 48 THE BRIDGE AND FLOUR FACTORY 54 BELGIAN ARMOURED CAR RECONNOITRING 60 THE PARISH CHURCH AFTER THE FIRST DAYS OF THE BOMBARDMENT 76 THE TOWN-HALL AND BELFRY AFTER THE FIRST DAYS OF THE BOMBARDMENT 92 THE "KIEKENSTRAAT" (CHICKEN STREET) AFTER THE FIRST DAYS OF THE BOMBARDMENT 140 OLD HOUSES ON THE HANDZAEME CANAL 150 THE INUNDATION. OLD MILL AND FARMS ON THE YSER 162 PLAN OF ATTACK ON DIXMUDE ON NOVEMBER 10, 1914 _page_ 165 MAP OF OPERATIONS ROUND DIXMUDE _At end of volume_ I. TOWARDS GHENT On the morning of October 8 two troop trains passed each other in the station of Thourout. One contained Belgian Carabiniers; the other, French Marines. They exchanged greetings from their respective lines. The Carabiniers waved their little yellow-bound caps and cried: "Long live France!" The sailors replied by hurrahs in honour of Belgium. "Where are you going?" asked a Belgian officer. "To Antwerp. And you?" "To France." He explained that the Carabiniers were recruits from La Campine, who were being sent to our lines to finish their training. "You'll soon get them into shape, won't you?" said a sailor to the officer. And shaking his fist at the horizon, he added: "Don't you worry, Lieutenant! We shall get at the scum some day, never fear."