CHAPTER XX. We take Hill 70--July and August, 1917 192 CHAPTER XXI. Every day Life--August and September, 1917 203 CHAPTER XXII. A Tragedy of War 210 CHAPTER XXIII. Visits to Rome and Paschendaele--Oct. and Nov., 1917 216 CHAPTER XXIV. Our Last War Christmas 230 CHAPTER XXV. Victory Year Opens--January and February, 1918 234 CHAPTER XXVI. The German Offensive--March, 1918 240 CHAPTER XXVII. In Front of Arras--April, 1918 248 CHAPTER XXVIII. Sports and Pastimes--May and June, 1918 254 CHAPTER XXIX. The Beginning of the End 267 CHAPTER XXX. The Battle of Amiens--August 8th to August 16th, 1918 274 CHAPTER XXXI. We Return to Arras--August, 1918 288 CHAPTER XXXII. The Smashing of the Drocourt-Queant Line--Sept. 2nd, 1918 292 CHAPTER XXXIII. Preparing for the Final Blow--September, 1918 298 CHAPTER XXXIV. The Crossing of the Canal du Nord--September 27th, 1918 307 CHAPTER XXXV. VICTORY--November 11th, 1918 318 INDEX 321 TO (p. 007) THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIRST CANADIAN DIVISION, C.E.F. "THE UNBROKEN LINE." We who have trod the borderlands of death, Where courage high walks hand in hand with fear, Shall we not hearken what the Spirit saith, "All ye were brothers there, be brothers here?" We who have struggled through the baffling night, Where men were men and every man divine, While round us brave hearts perished for the right By chaliced shell-holes stained with life's rich wine. Let us not lose the exalted love which came From comradeship with danger and the joy Of strong souls kindled into living flame By one supreme desire, one high employ. Let us draw closer in these narrower years, Before us still the eternal visions spread; We who outmastered death and all its fears Are one great army still, living and dead. F. G. S. FOREWORD (p. 009) It is with great pleasure I accede to the request of Canon Scott to write a foreword to his book. I first heard of my friend and comrade after the second battle of Ypres when he accompanied his beloved Canadians to Bethune after their glorious stand in that poisonous gap--which in my own mind he immortalised in verse:--