{"product_id":"2940013923348","title":"The Boy Allies In The Trenches","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWITH THE ARMY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well! Well! Well! If it isn't Lieutenant Paine and Lieutenant Crawford!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe speaker, none other than Field Marshal Sir John French,\u003cbr\u003ecommander-in-chief of the British forces sent to help France hurl back\u003cbr\u003ethe legions of the German invader, was greatly surprised by the\u003cbr\u003eappearance of the two lads before him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I thought surely you had been killed,\" continued General French.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We are not to be killed so easily, sir,\" replied Hal Paine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And where have you been?\" demanded the General.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Russia, sir,\" replied Chester Crawford, \"where we were attached to a\u003cbr\u003eCossack regiment, and where we saw considerable fighting.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral French uttered an exclamation of astonishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How did you get there?\" he asked. \"And how did you return?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Airship,\" was Hal's brief response, and he related their adventures\u003cbr\u003esince they had last seen their commander.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHal then tendered the General a despatch he carried from the Grand Duke\u003cbr\u003eNicholas, commander-in-chief of all the Russian armies operating against\u003cbr\u003ethe Germans in the eastern theater of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You shall serve on my staff,\" said General French finally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe summoned another officer and ordered that quarters be prepared for the\u003cbr\u003etwo lads immediately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd while the two boys are getting themselves comfortably fixed it will\u003cbr\u003ebe a good time to introduce the lads to such readers as have not made\u003cbr\u003etheir acquaintance before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHal Paine and Chester Crawford, two American lads, their ages being about\u003cbr\u003e18 and 19, had seen considerable service in the great European war--the\u003cbr\u003egreatest war of all time. They had been in Berlin when Germany had\u003cbr\u003edeclared war upon Russia and France and with Hal's mother had attempted\u003cbr\u003eto make their way from that country. The mother had been successful; but\u003cbr\u003eHal and Chester got into trouble and had been left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFortunately, however, two young officers, Major Raoul Derevaux, a\u003cbr\u003eFrenchman, and Captain Harry Anderson, an Englishman, had come to their\u003cbr\u003eassistance--reciprocating a good turn done them by the two lads a day\u003cbr\u003ebefore--and together, after some difficulties, they succeeded in\u003cbr\u003ereaching Liège, Belgium, just in time to take part in its heroic defense\u003cbr\u003eagainst the first German hordes that violated the neutrality of the\u003cbr\u003elittle buffer country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth had distinguished themselves by their coolness and bravery under\u003cbr\u003efire, and had found favor in the eyes of the Belgian commander, as\u003cbr\u003erelated in \"The Boy Allies at Liège.\" Later they had rendered themselves\u003cbr\u003einvaluable in carrying dispatches.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152732930288,"sku":"2940013923348","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013923348_p0.jpg?v=1763597277","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013923348","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}