Produced by Irma Spehar, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * Pushed AND The Return Push * * * * * Pushed AND The Return Push BY QUEX William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London 1919 To the Memory of _LIEUT.-COL. AUSTIN THORP, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A., WHO COMMANDED THE 82ND BRIGADE, R.F.A., IN FRANCE, FROM DECEMBER 1915 TO OCTOBER 1918._ _KILLED IN ACTION AT BEAUSIES ON OCTOBER 30, 1918._ CONTENTS. PUSHED. PAGE I. BEFORE THE ATTACK 3 II. "THE BOCHE IS THROUGH!" 13 III. THE END OF A BATTERY 24 IV. THE NIGHT OF MARCH 21 35 V. A GUNNER'S V.C. 42 VI. BEHIND VILLEQUIER AUMONT 49 VII. STILL IN RETREAT 60 VIII. A LAST FIFTY ROUNDS 65 IX. FASTER AND FASTER 71 X. THE SCRAMBLE AT VARESNES 83 XI. THE G IN GAP 93 XII. OUT OF THE WAY 101 THE RETURN PUSH. I. THE DEFENCE OF AMIENS 111 II. THE RED-ROOFED HOUSE 119 III. AN AUSTRALIAN "HAND-OVER" 129 IV. HAPPY DAYS! 137 V. BEFORE THE GREAT ATTACK 146