[Illustration: THE BRITISH FRONT in FRANCE and FLANDERS] THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS JULY TO NOVEMBER 1918 BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE AUTHOR OF 'THE GREAT BOER WAR,' ETC. HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED LONDON SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S HISTORY OF THE WAR Uniform with this Volume. THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS VOL. I--1914 THE BREAKING OF THE PEACE. THE OPENING OF THE WAR. THE BATTLE OF MONS. THE BATTLE OF LE GATEAU. THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE. THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE. THE LA BASSÉE-ARMENTIÈRES OPERATIONS. THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES. A RETROSPECT AND GENERAL SUMMARY. THE WINTER LULL OF 1914. VOL II.--1915 THE OPENING MONTHS OF 1915. NEUVE CHAPELLE AND HILL 60. THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES. THE BATTLE OF RICHEBOURG-FESTUBERT. THE TRENCHES OF HOOGE. THE BATTLE OF LOOS. VOL III.--1916 JANUARY TO JULY 1916. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. THE BATTLE OF THE ANCRE. VOL IV--1917 THE BATTLE OF ARRAS. THE BATTLE OF MESSINES. THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES. THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI. VOL. V--1918 THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME. THE SOMME FRONT FROM APRIL 1 ONWARDS. THE BATTLE OF THE LYS. THE BATTLES OF THE CHEMIN DES DAMES AND OF THE ARDRES. With Maps, Plans, and Diagrams HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON, NEW YORK, AND TORONTO {v} CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE OPENING OPERATIONS From July 1 to August 8, 1918 The general position--German attack of July 16--French counter-attack of July 18--Turn of the tide--Fifty-first and Sixty-second Divisions on the Ardres--Desperate fighting--The Fifteenth Scots Division at Buzancy--Le Glorieux Chardon d'Écosse--Nicholson's Thirty-fourth Division at Oulchy-le-Château--The campaigns on the periphery CHAPTER II ATTACK OF RAWLINSON'S FOURTH ARMY The Battle of Amiens, August 8-22 Great British victory--Advance of the Canadians--Of the Australians--Of the Third Corps--Hard struggle at Chipilly--American assistance--Continuance of the operations--Great importance of the battle CHAPTER III CONTINUATION OF THE OPERATIONS OF RAWLINSON'S FOURTH ARMY From August 22 to the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, September 29 Further advance of the Australians--Of the Third Corps--Capture of Albert--Advance across the old Somme battlefield--Capture of Mont St. Quentin--Splendid Australian exploit--Fall of Peronne--Debut of the Yeomanry (Seventy-fourth) Division--Attack on the outliers of the Hindenburg Line--Appearance of the Ninth Corps--Eve of the Judgment {vi} CHAPTER IV THE ATTACK OF BYNG'S THIRD ARMY August 21, 1918, to September 29, 1918