background some day. If these letters convey some reflection of the spirit which fought at Pozieres, their object is well fulfilled. The author's profits are devoted to the fund for nursing back to useful citizenship Australians blinded or maimed in the war. C. E. W. Bean. CONTENTS CHAPTER Preface 1. A Padre who said the Right Thing 2. To the Front 3. The First Impression--A Country with Eyes 4. The Road to Lille 5. The Differences 6. The Germans 7. The Planes 8. The Coming Struggle: Our Task 9. In a Forest of France 10. Identified 11. The Great Battle Begins 12. The British--Fricourt and La Boiselle 13. The Dug-outs of Fricourt 14. The Raid 15. Pozieres 16. An Abysm of Desolation 17. Pozieres Ridge 18. The Green Country