CHAPTER XX. MID SHOT AND SHELL.

IN TRENCH AND VALLEY--THE OPEN PLAIN--ON MOUNTAIN TOP--IN NO MAN'S LAND--TWO CLASSES OF NEGRO SOLDIERS CONSIDERED--TRAINED GUARDSMEN AND SELECTIVES--GALLANT 92ND DIVISION--RACE CAN BE PROUD OF IT--HAD SIX HUNDRED NEGRO OFFICERS--SETS AT REST ALL DOUBTS--OPERATIONS OF THE DIVISION--AT PONT A MOUSSON--GREAT BATTLE OF METZ--SOME REFLECTIONS--CASUALTIES CONSIDERED