CHAPTER X

THE WESTERN FRONT

NOVEMBER, 1916, TO JULY, 1917

I Summary of Events 221

II The Seventh Battalion. Battle of the Ancre 222

III The Seventh Battalion--(_continued_) 225

IV The First Battalion 229

V The Eighth Battalion 231

VI The Sixth Battalion. Battle of Arras and the Scarpe 234

VII The Seventh Battalion 240

VIII The First Battalion 243

IX The Sixth Battalion 246

X The Seventh Battalion 247

XI The Eighth Battalion. Battle of Messines 248