Chapter I: Front Matter

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SOME WAR IMPRESSIONS

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Jeffery Farnol's Great Mediæval Romance.

Beltane the Smith

BY

JEFFERY FARNOL.

_Author of "The Broad Highway."_

LIBRARY EDITION only, Crown 8vo, cloth. Handsome wrapper in colour, with spirited picture by C. E. BROCK. Price 6/-.

_WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY_:--

EVENING STANDARD.--"Better than 'Ivanhoe.' 'Beltane' will
make the oldest feel young again. There is no resisting it."

DAILY MAIL.--"The author exercises such a skilled grip
upon the imagination of the reader that one is simply obliged to
keep up with him."

MORNING POST.--"An enthralling volume."

SUNDAY TIMES.--"Pick up the book if it comes your way;
you will not want to drop it till you have turned the last page."

SPHERE.--"Here is a delightful story, the scene laid in
the golden age. Every page has an adventure."

THE LADY.--"It is certainly enthralling."

Mr. Farnol's Great "High Toby" Romance.

The Honourable Mr. Tawnish

BY

JEFFERY FARNOL.

_Author of "The Amateur Gentleman," etc._

PRESENTATION EDITION, Foolscap 4to. Handsomely bound.

Cloth, extra gilt, gilt top. Charmingly illustrated in colour by CHAS. E. BROCK. Price 6/- net.

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_WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY_:--

GLOBE.--"There is something delightfully attractive in
this romance."

DAILY CHRONICLE.--"Another charming romance from the pen
of Mr. Jeffery Farnol."

ACADEMY.--"The story is well written; Mr. C. E. Brock's
illustrations are very apt."

EVENING STANDARD.--"It is all very exciting, and some of
it is very tender."

DAILY MAIL.--" ... A gallant flavour of the eighteenth
century about it that is graphically aided and abetted by Mr. C.
E. Brock's masterly pictures in colours."

SUNDAY TIMES.--"Mr. Farnol's writing is so delightful,
his characters are so lovable."

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SOME WAR IMPRESSIONS

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_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._

THE BROAD HIGHWAY THE MONEY MOON THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN THE HONOURABLE MR. TAWNISH THE CHRONICLES OF THE IMP (My Lady Caprice) BELTANE THE SMITH THE DEFINITE OBJECT

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SOME WAR IMPRESSIONS

by

JEFFERY FARNOL

London and Edinburgh Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.

TO ALL MY AMERICAN FRIENDS.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
I.--FOREWORD 1

II.--CARTRIDGES 5

III.--RIFLES AND LEWIS GUNS 9

IV.--CLYDEBANK 17

V.--SHIPS IN MAKING 23

VI.--THE BATTLE CRUISERS 29

VII.--A HOSPITAL 41

VIII.--THE GUNS 49

IX.--A TRAINING CAMP 63

X.--ARRAS 73

XI.--THE BATTLEFIELDS 81

XII.--FLYING MEN 88

XIII.--YPRES 101

XIV.--WHAT BRITAIN HAS DONE 110

SOME WAR IMPRESSIONS.