Produced by Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * THEY SHALL NOT PASS THEY SHALL NOT PASS BY FRANK H. SIMONDS AUTHOR OF "THE GREAT WAR" [Illustration] GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1916 _Copyright, 1916, by_ DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian_ COPYRIGHT, 1916, THE TRIBUNE ASS'N. Grateful acknowledgment is hereby made to the New York _Tribune_ for permission to reprint these articles in book form. CONTENTS PAGE I. MY TRIP TO VERDUN--GENERAL PÉTAIN FACE TO FACE 3 The men who hold the line--what their faces told of the past and the future of France. II. MY TRIP TO VERDUN--A DYING, SHELL-RIDDEN CITY 43 The Vauban Citadel, in the shelter of which falling shells cannot find you--houses and blocks that are vanishing hourly--"but William will not come"--war that is invisible--a luncheon underground with a toast to America--the last courtesy from a general and a host--nothing that was not beautiful. III. BATTLE OF VERDUN ANOTHER GETTYSBURG 72 Failure of Crown Prince likened by French to "high tide" of confederacy. IV. VERDUN, THE DOOR THAT LEADS NOWHERE 95 The battle and the topography of the battlefield--an analysis of the attack and defence. V. IN SIGHT OF THE PROMISED LAND--ON THE LORRAINE BATTLEFIELD 116 THEY SHALL NOT PASS I MY TRIP TO VERDUN--GENERAL PÉTAIN FACE TO FACE THE MEN WHO HOLD THE LINE--WHAT THEIR FACES TOLD OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE OF FRANCE