CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEINTRODUCTIONviiI.IN THE ADVANCE TRENCHES11II.OUT FROM NOUEX-LES-MINES22III.PREPARATIONS FOR LOOS39IV.BEFORE THE CHARGE50V.OVER THE TOP66VI.ACROSS THE OPEN72VII.GERMANS AT LOOS87VIII.HOW MY COMRADES FARED97IX.AT LOOS103X.A NIGHT IN LOOS123XI.LOOS136XII.RETREAT149XIII.A PRISONER OF WAR165XIV.THE CHAPLAIN178XV.A LOVER AT LOOS186XVI.THE RATION PARTY198XVII.MICHAELMAS EVE206XVIII.BACK AT LOOS218XIX.WOUNDED231XX.FOR BLIGHTY239