Produced by K Nordquist, David Edwards, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation and alternate spelling in the | | original document have been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this | | text. For a complete list, please see the end of this | | document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * THE OLD FRONT LINE BY JOHN MASEFIELD Author of "Gallipoli," etc. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1918 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1917 By JOHN MASEFIELD Set up and electrotyped. Published, December, 1917. Reprinted January, 1918. TO NEVILLE LYTTON LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE The Road up the Ancre Valley 16 Artillery Transport in Bapaume Road 28 Troops Moving to the Front 38 An Artillery Team 40 View in Hamel 42 The Ancre River 44 The Ancre Opposite Hamel 48 The Leipzig Salient 58 Dugouts in La Boisselle 66 La Boisselle 70 Fricourt 74 Fricourt 76 Sandbags at Fricourt 78 Mametz 82 Sleighs for the Wounded 88 The Attack on La Boisselle 94 THE OLD FRONT LINE