HENRY RUFFIN AND ANDRÉ TUDESQ THE SQUARE JAW [Illustration] THOMAS NELSON & SONS, LTD 35 & 36 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. EDINBURGH NEW YORK PARIS Price One Shilling THE SQUARE JAW BY HENRY RUFFIN AND ANDRÉ TUDESQ. _Translated from the French._ THOMAS NELSON & SONS, 35 AND 36, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. EDINBURGH. NEW YORK. PARIS. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I.--BATTLE OF THE ANCRE. CHAPTER PAGE I.--THE IMPROMPTU VICTORY 7 II.--IN FRONT OF THE MUNICH TRENCH 11 III.--THE REAL SUPERMEN 14 IV.--SURPRISES OF A MOONLIT FROSTY NIGHT 17 V.--THE BATTLE REOPENS 20 VI.--ON THE EDGE OF THE FRAY 23 EPILOGUE 24 PART II.--THE SQUARE JAWS. I.--THE WELDING OF FRENCH AND BRITISH 31 II.--HOW THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT VOTED IN FRANCE IN FACE OF THE ENEMY 35 III.--BOELCKE'S LAND OF PROMISE 40 IV.--THE SQUARE JAW 45 V.--THE RELIEF 49 PART III.--THE ARMIES OF THE NORTH. I.--THE PREPARATION OF THE CANADIANS 56 II.--ARRAS, THE WOUNDED TOWN 60 III.--THE GROUND OF HEROIC DEEDS 63 IV.--A DINNER OF GENERALS 66 V.--WAR IN THE BLACK COUNTRY 68 VI.--THE ART OF SAVING 71 VII.--"BROTHERS IN ARMS" 73 PART IV.--IMPRESSIONS OF "NO MAN'S LAND." I.--AS IN A PICTURE OF EPINAL 79 II.--A HERO AFTER THE MANNER OF ROLAND 81 III.--MIDNIGHT IN THE FRONT LINE 84 IV.--THROUGH THE MINE AREA 87 V.--THE MENACE OF THE GOLDEN VIRGIN 91 VI.--"RONNY" 94 VII.--PIPING OUT THE DAY 96 VIII.--Y GULLY 98 IX.--CHRISTMAS NIGHT IN "NO MAN'S LAND" 100 PART I. THE BATTLE OF THE ANCRE. CHAPTER I. THE IMPROMPTU VICTORY. The Ancre Front, 13th November. You read the reports. The names of the places that have been taken, the calculations of the gains, the numbers of the prisoners, leave you cold. Words! words! It is on the field of battle, amidst the thunder of the guns and the magic glow of fires, that one should read the bulletins of victory. This evening a heady, irresistible joy took possession of the Army. The prisoners were pouring in. The men were singing in their quarters. Upon a front 3-1/2 miles wide and nearly 1-1/2 deep our Allies had broken the German lines on both sides of the Ancre. They have been giving me details of the battle. From hour to hour, here, in the midst of the troops, I am being told the incidents of the fighting. A risky privilege!