Chapter I: Front Matter

The BRIGHTON BOYS
in
THE TRENCHES

THE BRIGHTON BOYS SERIES
BY
LIEUTENANT JAMES R. DRISCOLL
AS FOLLOWS:

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
WITH THE FLYING CORPS

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
IN THE TRENCHES

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
WITH THE BATTLE FLEET

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
IN THE RADIO SERVICE

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
WITH THE SUBMARINE FLEET

THE BRIGHTON BOYS
IN THE ENGINEERING CORPS

The BRIGHTON BOYS in
THE TRENCHES

BY
LIEUTENANT JAMES R. DRISCOLL

ILLUSTRATED

THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA

Copyright, 1918, by
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE INCENTIVE 9

II. JOINING HANDS WITH UNCLE SAM 23

III. GETTING INTO HARNESS 32

IV. A FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT 42

V. A DELICATE MISSION 54

VI. HITTING THE MARK 65

VII. THE MATCH 76

VIII. GETTING OVER AND ON 87

IX. FACING THE ENEMY 97

X. WAR IS--WAR! 109

XI. A DOUBLE SURPRISE 116

XII. HUNTING BIG GAME IN NO MAN'S LAND 128

XIII. THE TRAITOR IN CAMP 138

XIV. LIFE AND DEATH 149

XV. WING SHOOTING WITH A RIFLE 163

XVI. "OVER THE TOP" 174

XVII. HERBERT'S LITTLE SCHEME 189

XVIII. THE BIG PUSH 199

XIX. LIEUTENANT WHITCOMB 214

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE RED STREAKS OF FLAME STABBED THE SEMI-DARKNESS _Frontispiece_

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SLENDER FINGERS THRUST HIS HAND ASIDE 64

HE FIRED TWICE IN QUICK SUCCESSION 168

"MAYBE I'LL HEAR THEM PRONOUNCE MY DOOM" 178

The Brighton Boys in the Trenches