Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 47856-h.htm or 47856-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47856/47856-h/47856-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47856/47856-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See https://archive.org/details/whatboysdidovert00foxh [Illustration] WHAT THE "BOYS" DID OVER THERE By "Themselves" Edited by HENRY L. FOX [Illustration] Published by Allied Overseas Veterans' Stories Co., Inc. 145 W. 45th Street, N. Y. City Copyright, 1918, 1919, by Allied Overseas Veterans' Stories Co., Inc. CONTENTS PAGE MY EXPERIENCE AS A DISPATCHER 11 BRINGING IN A SNIPER 20 ON THE FLANDERS FRONT 26 A "DEVIL DOG'S" STORY 31 IN THE VERDUN SECTOR 38 THE HUN I WAS SURE I "GOT" 42 LIFE IN THE TRENCHES 44 TWO YEARS IN THE YPRES SALIENT 48 A NIGHT ADVENTURE 56 A MACHINE GUNNER'S STORY 58 THE FALL OF CANTIGNY 64 THE RETREAT FROM MONS 70 MY SERVICE IN FLANDERS 78 MY SERVICE IN FLANDERS (PART TWO) 83 WITH THE AMMUNITION TRAIN 88 HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE 93 TWO YEARS AND A HALF OF WAR 97 FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE AND BACK 105 "WHY I HATE A GERMAN" 115 MY DUTY TO MY COUNTRY 123 THE "DARDANELLES" CAMPAIGN 131 THE FIRST OF THE "TANKS" 139 THE SUNSHINE OF THE TRENCHES 142 MY EXPERIENCES IN FRANCE WITH THE 10TH CANADIAN INFANTRY 152 THREE YEARS AND TWO MONTHS IN FRANCE 164 In Memoriam This book is affectionately dedicated to "The Boys" who found their final rest in the Hallowed Soil of Martyred Belgium and France, by their more fortunate comrades. THE AUTHORS [Illustration: SERGT. DOUGLAS AYLEN] INTRODUCTION HOW AND WHY THIS BOOK WAS COMPILED BY THE EDITOR IN ASSEMBLING the stories contained in this book we have endeavored to put in realistic and readable form some of the actual, and authentic, experiences of soldiers and officers of the Allied Forces, who have returned to their homes after nobly sacrificing themselves in the service of their respective countries. It has been our endeavor to give to these stories as much of the personality of "The Boys," who have told us their experiences, as possible, by using their own words whenever their physical condition permitted them to write their own stories.