TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. THE BRIGHTON BOYS SERIES BY LIEUTENANT JAMES R. DRISCOLL THE BRIGHTON BOYS WITH THE FLYING CORPS THE BRIGHTON BOYS IN THE TRENCHES THE BRIGHTON BOYS WITH THE BATTLE FLEET THE BRIGHTON BOYS IN THE RADIO SERVICE THE BRIGHTON BOYS WITH THE SUBMARINE THE BRIGHTON BOYS WITH THE ENGINEERS AT CANTIGNY THE BRIGHTON BOYS AT CHATEAU-THIERRY THE BRIGHTON BOYS AT ST. MIHIEL THE BRIGHTON BOYS IN THE ARGONNE THE BRIGHTON BOYS IN TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT THE BRIGHTON BOYS IN THE SUBMARINE TREASURE SHIP [Illustration: IT WAS A RACE FOR A FEW SECONDS] The BRIGHTON BOYS at CHATEAU-THIERRY BY LIEUTENANT JAMES R. DRISCOLL ILLUSTRATED THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY PHILADELPHIA Copyright, 1919, by THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. OVERHEARD 9 II. TRACED 15 III. “BANG” 22 IV. CAPTURED 29 V. REWARDED 40 VI. DISSENSION 49 VII. GETTING IN 58 VIII. IN IT 66 IX. REPRISALS 76 X. ZEALOUS BILLY 86 XI. “GONE WEST” 98 XII. TIM 110 XIII. WASH 125 XIV. SHIFTED 138 XV. ON THE WAY 150 XVI. YANKS 162 XVII. VICTORY 175 XVIII. BUSHWHACKING 189 XIX. BOURESCHES 204 XX. FRIENDS 221 XXI. DISTINGUISHED 229 ILLUSTRATIONS IT WAS A RACE FOR A FEW SECONDS _Frontispiece_ PAGE THE AMBULANCE WAS STOPPED AS THOUGH IT HAD BUTTED INTO A STONE WALL 74 DON CAUGHT HIM BY THE SHOULDER AND WHIRLED HIM AROUND 152 THEY WENT RIGHT TO WORK DISLODGING THE HUNS FROM THE HOUSES 213 The Brighton Boys at Château-Thierry CHAPTER I OVERHEARD “You’re just plain scared, I guess.”