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Ruth Gaines.

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A Well-Known Tune Map of the German Retreat[2] 2 “They are over there” 12 “What, another little Brother!” 17 “Only that much Bread!” 44 “Is that wounded Man a Boche?” 51 “He is big already” 58 “I didn’t do that!” 63 “Once, before the War, the Pralines were two for a Sou” 80 “A Cut of a Sword-scabbard!” 114 “If I were grown up!” 124 “Our House used to be there!” 132 “And do the little Boche children hug their Father?” 143 “Company, halt!” 148 “If it hadn’t been for the Officer....” 157 “He has not come. He has been mobilized....” 165 “Well, if we don’t see Santa Claus, we may see a Zeppelin” 171 “And if it freezes to-night?” 174 “Oh yes, Papa is strong!” 182 Plan of the Village 188

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No one, it may safely be said, can see this war as a whole. The nations taking part in it girdle the world, and no people is unaffected by it. Real knowledge can be gained of only comparatively small sections of the conflict, and we are grateful to those who, knowing a small section, give us a faithful account of their own observation and experience, and refrain from speculation and generalisation.