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) FROM BAPAUME TO PASSCHENDAELE FROM BAPAUME TO PASSCHENDAELE 1917 BY PHILIP GIBBS AUTHOR OF "THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME," "THE SOUL OF THE WAR," ETC. _WITH MAPS_ TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS 1918 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE COMPLETE PRESS WEST NORWOOD ENGLAND CONTENTS CHAP Page INTRODUCTION 1 PART I RETREAT FROM THE SOMME I. A NEW YEAR OF WAR 23 II. AN ATTACK NEAR LE TRANSLOY 28 III. THE ABANDONMENT OF GRANDCOURT 31 IV. THE GORDONS IN THE BUTTE DE WARLENCOURT 33 V. THE BATTLE OF BOOM RAVINE 36 VI. THE ENEMY WITHDRAWS 38 VII. OUR ENTRY INTO GOMMECOURT 39 VIII. WHY THE ENEMY WITHDREW 44 IX. THE AUSTRALIANS ENTER BAPAUME 49 X. THE RESCUE OF PÉRONNE 55 PART II ON THE TRAIL OF THE ENEMY I. THE MAKING OF NO MAN'S LAND 60 II. THE LETTER OF THE LAW 63 III. THE ABANDONED COUNTRY 66 IV. THE CURÉ OF VOYENNES 70 V. THE CHÂTEAU OF LIANCOURT 73 VI. THE OLD WOMEN OF TINCOURT 77 VII. THE AGONY OF WAR 79 VIII. CAVALRY IN ACTION 83 PART III THE BATTLE OF ARRAS I. ARRAS AND THE VIMY RIDGE 87 II. LONDONERS THROUGH THE GERMAN LINES 96 III. THE STRUGGLE ROUND MONCHY 99 IV. THE OTHER SIDE OF VIMY 108 V. THE WAY TO LENS 113 VI. THE SLAUGHTER AT LAGNICOURT 124 VII. THE TERRORS OF THE SCARPE 125 VIII. THE BACKGROUND OF BATTLE 133 IX. HOW THE SCOTS TOOK GUÉMAPPE 137 X. THE OPPY LINE 139 XI. THE BATTLE OF MAY 3 142 XII. FIELDS OF GOLD 148 PART IV THE BATTLE OF MESSINES I. WYTSCHAETE AND MESSINES 152 II. THE SPIRIT OF VICTORY 159 III. AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE 164 IV. THE EFFECT OF THE BLOW 172 V. LOOKING BACKWARD 176 VI. THE AUSTRALIANS AT MESSINES 180 VII. A BATTLE IN A THUNDER-STORM 183 VIII. THE TRAGEDY AT LOMBARTZYDE 186 IX. THE STRUGGLE FOR HELL WOOD 190 PART V THE BATTLES OF FLANDERS AND THE CANADIANS AT LENS