My leave is fast running out, and I am nearing the end of my story. In all the pictures that it has been my good fortune to take during the two and a half years that I have been kept at work on the great European battlefield, I have always tried to remember that it was through the eye of the camera, directed by my own sense of observation, that the millions of people at home would gain their only first-hand knowledge of what was happening at the front. I have tried to make my pictures actual and reliable, above all I have striven to catch the atmosphere of the battlefield, and whilst I have dwelt as little as possible upon its horrors, I have aimed at showing the magnificent spirit which imbues our fighting men, from the highest in command to the humblest unit in the ranks. I am proud to think that the task of doing this has been mine, and in doing it, I have tried "to do my bit" for the land that gave me birth. THE END INDEX A Albert, 172 Albert, King of the Belgians, 217 Alexander of Teck, Prince, 217 Amiens, 254 Andrew Paul, Mayor of Bierne, 289, 290 Anzacs, the, 211 Armentières, 108 Arras, 83, 108, 293 Aubers Ridge, 114 Australians, the, 197, 198 B Babin, M. Gustave, of _L'Illustration_, 299 Bailleul, 52 Bapaume, 250 Basle, 41 Beaumont Hamel, 124, 129, 165, 208, 245, 265, 303 Bécourt Wood, 172, 176, 197 Belfort, 42 Belgians, Queen of, 217, 218 Bernafay Wood, 186, 188 Besançon, 42, 47 Biaches, 254 Biel, 41 Bierne, 277, 284, 289 Bizantin-le-Grand, 190 Bois de Holnon, 294, 303 Bois de Savy, 300, 303 Boulogne, 205-7, 253, 254 Bouleaux Wood, 240 Bouvais, 295 Bovincourt, 270, 271, 274, 275, 277, 279-84, 289 Brie, 263, 267, 269, 272, 274, 276 Brooks, Lieut., Official "Still" Photographer, 259-65, 275 Burstall, General, 218 C Calais, 219-221 Cambrai, 259 Canadians, the, 52-60, 218 Camoy Valley, 184 Caulaincourt, 294 Cavan, Earl of, 63, 76, 77 Clarendon Film Co., the, 5 Contalmaison, 199, 201-203 D Delemont, 41 Delville Wood, 238 Dieppe, 48 Dijon, 47 _Dinorah_, S.S., the, 48 Dixmude, 31 Dunkirk, 111 E Estrées, 259, 271, 276 F Fayet, 300 Festubert, 108, 114 Foch, Gen., 215 Folkestone, 251 Foscaucourt, 259 Foucacourt, 276 Francilly-Selency, 300 Fricourt, 171, 208, 209, 212 Fromelles, 114 Furnes, 6, 8, 13, 15, 21, 29, 30, 38 G Gaumont Co., the, 5 George V-- his approval of Somme film, 177 arrival at Boulogne, 206, 207 attends Divine Service, 217 on Battlefield of Fricourt, 208-211 being filmed, 216 his departure from France, 220, 221 greets Sir H. Rawlinson, 208 at hospitals, 212 inspects Canadians, 218 meets M. Poincaré and Gen. Joffre, 215, 216 and puppy, 212, 213 visits King of the Belgians, 217, 218 George, David Lloyd, Prime Minister, 177, 216, 217 Givenchy, 108 Gommecourt, 123 Gouerment, 122 Goumiers, the (Algerian Arabs), 15-17, 21 Guards' Division, the, 61, 63, 65-71, 76-79, 234, 241 Guillemont, 135, 234, 236, 238