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The Boy Allies In The Trenches
The Boy Allies In The Trenches
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CHAPTER I.
WITH THE ARMY.
"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.
"In Russia, sir," replied Chester Crawford, "where we were attached to a
Cossack regiment, and where we saw considerable fighting."
General French uttered an exclamation of astonishment.
"How did you get there?" he asked. "And how did you return?"
"Airship," was Hal's brief response, and he related their adventures
since they had last seen their commander.
Hal then tendered the General a despatch he carried from the Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander-in-chief of all the Russian armies operating against
the Germans in the eastern theater of war.
"You shall serve on my staff," said General French finally.
He summoned another officer and ordered that quarters be prepared for the
two lads immediately.
And while the two boys are getting themselves comfortably fixed it will
be a good time to introduce the lads to such readers as have not made
their acquaintance before.
Hal Paine and Chester Crawford, two American lads, their ages being about
18 and 19, had seen considerable service in the great European war--the
greatest war of all time. They had been in Berlin when Germany had
declared war upon Russia and France and with Hal's mother had attempted
to make their way from that country. The mother had been successful; but
Hal and Chester got into trouble and had been left behind.
Fortunately, however, two young officers, Major Raoul Derevaux, a
Frenchman, and Captain Harry Anderson, an Englishman, had come to their
assistance--reciprocating a good turn done them by the two lads a day
before--and together, after some difficulties, they succeeded in
reaching Liège, Belgium, just in time to take part in its heroic defense
against the first German hordes that violated the neutrality of the
little buffer country.
Both had distinguished themselves by their coolness and bravery under
fire, and had found favor in the eyes of the Belgian commander, as
related in "The Boy Allies at Liège." Later they had rendered themselves
invaluable in carrying dispatches.
WITH THE ARMY.
"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.
"In Russia, sir," replied Chester Crawford, "where we were attached to a
Cossack regiment, and where we saw considerable fighting."
General French uttered an exclamation of astonishment.
"How did you get there?" he asked. "And how did you return?"
"Airship," was Hal's brief response, and he related their adventures
since they had last seen their commander.
Hal then tendered the General a despatch he carried from the Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander-in-chief of all the Russian armies operating against
the Germans in the eastern theater of war.
"You shall serve on my staff," said General French finally.
He summoned another officer and ordered that quarters be prepared for the
two lads immediately.
And while the two boys are getting themselves comfortably fixed it will
be a good time to introduce the lads to such readers as have not made
their acquaintance before.
Hal Paine and Chester Crawford, two American lads, their ages being about
18 and 19, had seen considerable service in the great European war--the
greatest war of all time. They had been in Berlin when Germany had
declared war upon Russia and France and with Hal's mother had attempted
to make their way from that country. The mother had been successful; but
Hal and Chester got into trouble and had been left behind.
Fortunately, however, two young officers, Major Raoul Derevaux, a
Frenchman, and Captain Harry Anderson, an Englishman, had come to their
assistance--reciprocating a good turn done them by the two lads a day
before--and together, after some difficulties, they succeeded in
reaching Liège, Belgium, just in time to take part in its heroic defense
against the first German hordes that violated the neutrality of the
little buffer country.
Both had distinguished themselves by their coolness and bravery under
fire, and had found favor in the eyes of the Belgian commander, as
related in "The Boy Allies at Liège." Later they had rendered themselves
invaluable in carrying dispatches.
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