Produced by Al Haines. _*THE MOTOR-BUS IN WAR*_ _BEING THE IMPRESSIONS OF AN A.S.C. OFFICER DURING TWO AND A HALF YEARS AT THE FRONT_ _BY_ _A. M. BEATSON_ (_Temp. Lieut. A.S.C._) _LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN LTD. ADELPHI TERRACE_ _First published in 1918_ (_All rights reserved_) _To LIEUT.-COL. GERALD CHARLES GORDON BLUNT, D.S.O._ _Army Service Corps as a mark of esteem_ _*CONTENTS*_ _Chapter_ I. Introduction II. "Au Revoir" to England III. Railhead IV. Supply Columns and Rations V. The Motor-Lorry Convoy VI. The Workshops VII. Life behind the Line VIII. From Béthune to Ypres IX. Mr. Thomas Atkins and the French X. With the R.H.A. Batteries (contributed) XI. Along the Somme Valley XII. Between the Ancre and the Somme XIII. From Arras to Albert XIV. To Bapaume, Péronne, and Beyond _*THE MOTOR-BUS IN WAR*_ _*Chapter I*_ _*INTRODUCTION*_ The War has been responsible, amongst other things, for the publication of a number of books dealing with it in its different aspects and from various points of view. Many of these have been written by men who, previous to it, possibly never thought of writing a book, and even less of seeing what they had written reproduced in print. Finding themselves, however, amongst entirely novel surroundings, engaged in an adventure equally different from anything they had previously anticipated even in their wildest flights of imagination, they have sought to place on record some account of their experiences on active service, but in nearly every case of the actual fighting in which they have taken part with their regiments or batteries at the front.