Advance of Shute's Fifth Corps--Great feat in crossing the Ancre--Across the old battlefield--Final position of Fifth Corps opposite Hindenburg's Main Line--Advance of Haldane's Sixth Corps--Severe fighting--Arrival of the Fifty-second Division--Formation of Fergusson's Seventeenth Corps--Recapture of Havrincourt--Advance of Harper's Fourth Corps---Great tenacity of the troops--The New Zealanders and the Jaeger--Final position before the decisive battle CHAPTER V THE ADVANCE OF HORNE'S FIRST ARMY From August 26 to September 27 The indefatigable Fifty-first Division--Capture of Greenland Hill--Fine advance of the Canadians--Breaking of the Drocourt-Quéant line--Fine work of the Sixty-third Naval Division--Great day for the Dominion--Demeanour of German prisoners CHAPTER VI THE OPERATIONS OF RAWLINSON'S FOURTH ARMY From the Battle of the Hindenburg Line (September 29) to the Battle of the Selle, October 17 The first American operations--The rupture of the Hindenburg Line--Predicament of Twenty-seventh American Division--Their gallant resistance--Great Australian attack--Remarkable feat by the Forty-sixth North Midland Territorial Division--Exeunt the Third Corps and the Australians--Entrance of the Thirteenth Corps--Rupture of the Beaurevoir line--Advance to the Selle River CHAPTER VII THE OPERATIONS OF RAWLINSON'S FOURTH ARMY From the Battle of the Selle, October 17, to the end Attack upon the line of the Selle River--Stubborn work by the Second American Corps--Success of the Ninth Corps--Hard fighting at Le Cateau--Great feat of the South Africans--Continued advance--Delay-action mines--Capture of Landrecies--Dramatic exit of the German machine-gunner--Splendid work of the First Division {vii} CHAPTER VIII OPERATIONS OF BYNG'S THIRD ARMY From the Battle of the Hindenburg Line (September 29) to the Battle of the Selle (October 17) Fighting at L'Escaut Canal--Dash of the New Zealanders--The Guards in a hot corner--Crossing of the Canal--Back on the old ground--Great work by all four Corps of the Third Army CHAPTER IX OPERATIONS OF BYNG'S THIRD ARMY From the Battle of the Selle, October 12, to the end The battle of the Selle River--Reversion to open warfare--The valour of Lancashire--Haig's incessant blows--Weakening of the German morale--The battle of Mormal Forest--New Zealanders and the mediaeval fortress--Capture of the great forest--The Sambre bridged--A grand Division--Advance of Fergusson's Seventeenth Corps--The last phase CHAPTER X THE ADVANCE OF HORNE'S FIRST ARMY From September 27 to the end The Canadians at the Canal du Nord--Hard fighting at Bourlon--Strong counter-attack at Abancourt--Canadian valour--Godley's Twenty-second Corps--The Ecaillon valley--Forcing of the Rhonelle--General Heneker's attack--Capture of Douai CHAPTER XI OPERATIONS OF THE SECOND AND FIFTH ARMIES September 28-November 11