"Well Well Well If it isn't Lieutenant Paine and Lieutenant Crawford " The speaker, none other than Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chief of the British forces sent to help France hurl back the legions of the German invader, was greatly surprised by the appearance of the two lads before him. "I thought surely you had been killed," continued General French. "We are not to be killed so easily, sir," replied Hal Paine. "And where have you been?" demanded the General.
"Well Well Well If it isn't Lieutenant Paine and Lieutenant Crawford " The speaker, none other than Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chi...
On the twenty-second of February, 1916, an automobile sped northward along the French battle line that for almost two years had held back the armies of the German emperor, strive as they would to win their way farther into the heart of France. For months the opposing forces had battled to a draw from the North Sea to the boundary of Switzerland, until now, as the day waned-it was almost six o'clock-the hands of time drew closer and closer to the hour that was to mark the opening of the most bitter and destructive battle of the war, up to this time.
On the twenty-second of February, 1916, an automobile sped northward along the French battle line that for almost two years had held back the armies o...