CHAPTER XI.

Order to Advance--Preparations--Farewell to Strytem--On the March--News from Brussels--Halt at Enghien--Doubts as to my Route--Uncertainties--Braine le Comte--Still without Orders--Beauty of the Scenery--We are left alone--Sounds of Distant Battle--Pressing on--Nivelle--Excitement in the Town--Signs of Battle--Fugitives from the Field--A Wounded Highlander--Belgian Gasconading, 230