II. ON THE MOVE 42 III. OUR INVINCIBLES 54 IV. HOLDING THE LINE 71 V. TANKS AND TRACTORS 83 VI. PEN PICTURES 91 VII. MORAL FLASHES 112 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FORD CAMIONETTE DRIVEN BY W. B. WEST _Frontispiece_ Facing page GERMAN AERIAL BOMB (SMALL) 24 GERMAN AERIAL BOMB (LARGE) 48 MEMORY SKETCH OF A SECTOR OF THE BATTLEFIELD, 1918 54 FRENCH OFFICER--GERMAN OFFICER 64 GERMAN WEAPONS 94 VARIETIES OF SHELLS AND BOMBS (PHOTOGRAPHED AT NANCY) 120 INTRODUCTION It was on the road from Neufchateau to La Foche, where Base Hospital 117 was located, that I first became acquainted with the author of this book. He evidently knew how to run a Ford camionette, even though it was not in just the shape in which it left the factory. I remember that I asked him what he did for a living back in the States--those service uniforms were great levelers--and he said he was a parson. "But now you are a chauffeur," I objected. "Well, you see," he said, "when I first came over they asked me to fill out blanks indicating what I could do, and in that statement I admitted that I could run a car. I also said I could preach. They tried me out as a chauffeur and liked my work so well that they said they would stand pat on that; they had never heard me preach." As a matter of fact, I heard Mr. West preach that morning to the boys suffering from war neurosis, or "shell shock," in Hospital 117. He had helped them out on former Sundays there, and they sent for him again and again. Later, when I was in the Baccarat sector, I met a most interesting and effective man who was in the Supply Department of the "Y" on week days, and conducted services in outlying camps every Sunday morning with great success. He had been a circus acrobat back in the States. What a revolutionizing influence war is, with preachers chauffeuring and acrobats preaching! The important point was that they were all serving whole-heartedly in whatever way they could.