The men in the field were glad to welcome the New Army. Already the young troops have sustained their baptism of fire, not only in the trenches but also in the open field. Obviously, not only officers and men, but also the staffs, are lacking in experience of trench warfare. Their immediate usefulness would rather seem to lie in the assault, but, pending a resumption of the offensive by the Allies on the Western front, every day the New Army spends in the field adds to its knowledge of the peculiar conditions of the war of positions. The future is to the New Army. Their arrival in the field betokens the end of the era of insufficient men and resources. It ushers in the day when the Allies, with all the force that in them dwells, shall essay to break the wall of steel which Germany has flung across Europe. In a dawn as full of promise as that which saw the rising of the sun of Austerlitz, the young levies of Imperial Britain are waiting at the parapet of our trench-line, looking out across the void at the barrier behind which victory lies. FOOTNOTES: [1] “Crown and Anchor”--a soldier’s game of chance played with a pointer which is spun round a board marked out in fields of different colour on which the players stake. Stakes are paid according to the field at which the pointer stops. This and “’Ouse” (see following footnote) are great games among Regulars at the front. They are, or used to be, extensively played on troop transports homeward bound from India. Quite considerable sums of money are said to change hands at “Crown and Anchor” on these transports. [2] “House”--a kind of lotto, played with numbered cards, mostly for copper stakes. THE END BILLING AND SONS, LTD., PRINTERS, GUILDFORD, ENGLAND. Telegrams: “Scholarly, Reg. London.” Telephone: No. 1883 Mayfair. 41 and 43 Maddox Street, Bond Street, London, W. _September, 1915._ Mr. Edward Arnold’s AUTUMN ANNOUNCEMENTS, 1915. WITH OUR ARMY IN FLANDERS, 1915. By G. VALENTINE WILLIAMS. _Demy 8vo. Illustrated._ =12s. 6d. net.= The author of this timely volume is one of the few accredited special correspondents with British Headquarters in France. He has already made his name in the literature of the Great War by his magnificent account of the battle of Neuve Chapelle, published in the newspapers shortly after the battle. Since then Mr. Williams has had ample opportunities of seeing things for himself, and he may be trusted to have made the best use of his chances. The narrative will be brought up to the latest possible date consistent with the appearance of the book early in the autumn, and will contain the author’s vivid impressions of the life of our army in the field, viewed from all kinds of angles, from General Headquarters right up to the firing-line. THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE NEW FOREST. By the Hon. GERALD LASCELLES. _With Illustrations. Demy 8vo._ =12s. 6d. net.=