Good-bye, mother; good-bye, Gino, my dear and my belovèd! I embrace you with all the ardor of my immense love, which has increased a hundredfold during my absence in the midst of the dangers and hardships of the war. Here, far away from the world, always with the image of imminent death, I have felt how strong are the ties that bind us to this world; how mankind is in need of mutual love, of faith in each other, of discipline, of harmony, of unity, what necessary and sacred things are the fatherland, the home, the family; how blameworthy is the person who renounces these, who betrays and oppresses them. Love and freedom for all, this is the ideal for which it is a pleasure to offer one's life. May God cause our sacrifice to be fruitful; may He take pity upon mankind, forgive and forget their offenses, and give them peace. Then, oh! dear mother, we shall not have died in vain. Just one more tender kiss. GIOSUE BORSI. * * * * * * Transcriber's Notes Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritical markings were corrected. Inconsistent hyphenation was made consistent. Both "dug-out" and "dugout" are used frequently and have not been changed. "of" added in "Permission of New York American" in table of contents entry for "HOW MLLE. DUCLOS...". P. 35: One the face of it -> On the face of it. P. 35: These stiplations -> These stipulations. P. 82: There were a group -> They were a group. P. 94: The Advance to Monse -> The Advance to Mons. P. 96: secure a birth -> secure a berth. P. 115: we could could procure -> we could procure. P. 133: Aerschat -> Aerschot. P. 134: The sequal to my one-hundredth flight -> The sequel to my one-hundredth flight. P. 143: Deisel -> Diesel. P. 158: But I've illusions -> But I've no illusions. P. 176: There it a pretty little comedy -> There is a pretty little comedy. P. 178: as had been been anticipated -> as had been anticipated. P. 180: Deutschland, Deutschland, über Allies -> Deutschland, Deutschland, über Alles. P. 182: It that mine exploded -> If that mine exploded. P. 186: undergoing the the process -> undergoing the process. P. 186: immediate requiremenst -> immediate requirements. P. 191: this his previous blunder -> that his previous blunder. P. 192: one well swoop -> one fell swoop. P. 195: back in in Petersburg -> back in Petersburg. P. 198: non-combatatants -> non-combatants. P. 204: barely distinguishable roads -> barely distinguishable road. P. 206: descended on her shoulder -> descend on her shoulder. P. 208: keepers of the the forest -> keepers of the forest. P. 214: the German had fired -> the Germans had fired. P. 220: as thought he meant -> as though he meant. P. 221: turned be back -> turned me back. P. 222: obession of my fear -> obsession of my fear. P. 231: Flemish titler -> Flemish title. P. 241: without specal orders -> without special orders. P. 266: Jilfla -> Jilfi.