Front matter
Reading edition
From a painting by F. C. Yohn.
The battle of Seicheprey. "All through the night the artillerymen sent their shells, encasing themselves in gas masks." (Page 225)
AMERICA IN THE WAR
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OUR ARMY AT THE FRONT
BY HEYWOOD BROUN FORMERLY CORRESPONDENT FOR THE "NEW YORK TRIBUNE" WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1922
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS —— Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE LANDING OF PERSHING1
II. "Vive PAIR-SHANG!"11
III. THE FIRST DIVISION LANDS29
IV. THE FOURTH OF JULY44
V. WHAT THEY LIVED IN53
VI. GETTING THEIR STRIDE66
VII. SPEEDING UP81
VIII. BACK WITH THE BIG GUNS96
IX. THE EYES OF THE ARMY107
X. THE SCHOOLS FOR OFFICERS117
XI. SOME DISTINGUISHED VISITORS124
XII. THE MEN WHO DID EVERYTHING134
XIII. BEHIND THE LINES145
XIV. FRANCE AND THE MEDICOES158
XV. IN CHARGE OF MORALE168
XVI. INTO THE TRENCHES177
XVII. OUR OWN SECTOR189
XVIII. A CIVILIAN VISITOR200
XIX. A FAMOUS GESTURE212
XX. THE FIRST TWO BATTLES224
XXI. TEUFEL-HUNDEN237
XXII. THE ARMY of MANŒUVRE248
XXIII. ST. MIHIEL266
XXIV. MEUSE-ARGONNE BEGINS279
XXV. CEASE FIRING291
GENERAL PERSHING'S REPORT301
ILLUSTRATIONS
The battle of SeichepreyFrontispiece
FACING PAGE
General Pershing in Paris, July, 191716
Buglers of the Alpine Chasseurs, assisted by their military band, entertaining American soldiers of the First Division64
U. S. locomotive-assembling yards in France154
Red Cross Hospital at Neuilly, formerly the American Ambulance Hospital166
Secretary Baker riding on flat car during his tour of inspection of the American Expeditionary Forces202
U. S. Marines in readiness to march to the front244
The capture of Sergy262