Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/somewarimpressio00farnuoft SOME WAR IMPRESSIONS * * * * * Jeffery Farnol's Great Mediæval Romance. Beltane the Smith BY JEFFERY FARNOL. _Author of "The Broad Highway."_ LIBRARY EDITION only, Crown 8vo, cloth. Handsome wrapper in colour, with spirited picture by C. E. BROCK. Price 6/-. _WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY_:-- EVENING STANDARD.--"Better than 'Ivanhoe.' 'Beltane' will make the oldest feel young again. There is no resisting it." DAILY MAIL.--"The author exercises such a skilled grip upon the imagination of the reader that one is simply obliged to keep up with him." MORNING POST.--"An enthralling volume." SUNDAY TIMES.--"Pick up the book if it comes your way; you will not want to drop it till you have turned the last page." SPHERE.--"Here is a delightful story, the scene laid in the golden age. Every page has an adventure." THE LADY.--"It is certainly enthralling." Mr. Farnol's Great "High Toby" Romance. The Honourable Mr. Tawnish BY JEFFERY FARNOL. _Author of "The Amateur Gentleman," etc._ PRESENTATION EDITION, Foolscap 4to. Handsomely bound. Cloth, extra gilt, gilt top. Charmingly illustrated in colour by CHAS. E. BROCK. Price 6/- net. NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION, cloth. Price 3/6 net. Illustrated prospectus post free on application. _WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY_:-- GLOBE.--"There is something delightfully attractive in this romance." DAILY CHRONICLE.--"Another charming romance from the pen of Mr. Jeffery Farnol." ACADEMY.--"The story is well written; Mr. C. E. Brock's illustrations are very apt." EVENING STANDARD.--"It is all very exciting, and some of it is very tender." DAILY MAIL.--" ... A gallant flavour of the eighteenth century about it that is graphically aided and abetted by Mr. C. E. Brock's masterly pictures in colours." SUNDAY TIMES.--"Mr. Farnol's writing is so delightful, his characters are so lovable." * * * * * SOME WAR IMPRESSIONS * * * * * _BY THE SAME AUTHOR._ THE BROAD HIGHWAY THE MONEY MOON THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN THE HONOURABLE MR. TAWNISH THE CHRONICLES OF THE IMP (My Lady Caprice) BELTANE THE SMITH THE DEFINITE OBJECT * * * * * SOME WAR IMPRESSIONS by JEFFERY FARNOL [Illustration: Logo] London and Edinburgh Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. TO ALL MY AMERICAN FRIENDS. CONTENTS. PAGE I.--FOREWORD 1 II.--CARTRIDGES 5 III.--RIFLES AND LEWIS GUNS 9 IV.--CLYDEBANK 17 V.--SHIPS IN MAKING 23 VI.--THE BATTLE CRUISERS 29 VII.--A HOSPITAL 41