Produced by Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) WAR WAR BY PIERRE LOTI TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY MARJORIE LAURIE [Illustration] PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1917 COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY _Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U. S. A._ TO MY FRIEND LOUIS BARTHOU, P.L. CONTENTS PAGE I. A LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE 9 II. TWO POOR LITTLE NESTLINGS OF BELGIUM 12 III. A GAY LITTLE SCENE AT THE BATTLE FRONT 18 IV. LETTER TO ENVER PASHA 28 V. ANOTHER SCENE AT THE BATTLE FRONT 34 VI. THE PHANTOM BASILICA 53 VII. THE FLAG WHICH OUR NAVAL BRIGADE DO NOT YET POSSESS 68 VIII. TAHITI AND THE SAVAGES WITH PINK SKINS LIKE BOILED PIG 80 IX. A LITTLE HUSSAR 85 X. AN EVENING AT YPRES 95 XI. AT THE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE BELGIAN ARMY 111 XII. SOME WORDS UTTERED BY HER MAJESTY, THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS 127 XIII. AN APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN THE EAST 139 XIV. SERBIA IN THE BALKAN WAR 148 XV. ABOVE ALL LET US NEVER FORGET! 151 XVI. THE INN OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN 157 XVII. FOR THE RESCUE OF OUR WOUNDED 174 XVIII. AT RHEIMS 177 XIX. THE DEATH-BEARING GAS 192 XX. ALL-SOULS' DAY WITH THE ARMIES AT THE FRONT 205 XXI. THE CROSS OF HONOUR FOR THE FLAG OF THE NAVAL BRIGADE 211 XXII. THE ABSENT-MINDED PILGRIM 219 XXIII. THE FIRST SUNSHINE OF MARCH 242 XXIV. AT SOISSONS 265 XXV. THE TWO GORGON HEADS 299 WAR I A LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE CAPTAIN J. VIAUD OF THE NAVAL RESERVE, TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. _Rochefort, August 18th, 1914._ SIR, When I was recalled to active service on the outbreak of war I had hopes of performing some duty less insignificant than that which was assigned to me in our dock-yards.