The book follows Jeffery Farnol as he visits a number of key locations around Britain and on the continent, each demonstrating how members of English society have come together to work towards the goal of "defeating the hun". On a visit to a naval dockyard, he reports on how the ships are being constructed, takes us on a tour of a destroyer and introduces us to the crew. He also visits a machine gun factory, and discovers how the great guns are built. His tour continues onto the continent wh ...
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Rejected in love, the incredibly rich (but appropriately modest) George Bellew walks into a small English village populated with a cast of most interesting people, from the ramrod straight old Sergeant who can't seem to get beyond talking of peaches with the apple of his eye, to the smarmy Mr. Cassilis who seems to think that the beautiful Anthea (and her farm at Dapplemere) can be had for the asking - if only he asks often enough. And then there is Anthea -- a lovely woman, caring for those ...
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31. Which, Being The Last, Is, Very Properly, The Longest, In The Book
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28. Which Tells How Bellew Left Dapplemere In The Dawn; 29. Of The Moon's Message To Small Porges, And How He Told It To Bellew - In A Whisper; 20. How Anthea Gave Her Promise
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26. How The Money Moon Rose; 27. In Which Is Verified The Adage Of The Cup And The Lip
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23. How Small Porges, In His Hour Of Need, Was Deserted By His Uncle; 24. In Which Shall Be Found Mention Of A Certain Black Bag; 25. The Conspirators
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20. Which Relates A Most Extraordinary Conversation; 21. Of Shoes, And Ships, And Sealing Wax, And The Third Finger Of The Left Hand; 22. Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before
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18. How The Sergeant Went Upon His Guard; 19. In Which Porges Big, And Porges Small Discuss The Subject Of Matrimony
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15. In Which Adam Explains; 16. In Which Adam Proposes A Game; 17. How Bellew Began The Game
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14. Which, Among Other Things, Has To Do With Shrimps, Muffins, And Tin Whistles
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13. How Anthea Came Home
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12. In Which May Be Found A Full, True, And Particular Account Of The Sale
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10. How Bellew And Adam Entered Into A Solemn League And Covenant; 11. Of The Man With The Tiger Mark
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8. Which Tells Of Miss Priscilla, Of Peaches, And Of Sergeant Appleby Late Of The 19th Hussars; 9. In Which May Be Found Some Description Of Arcadia, And Gooseberries
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6. Of The Sad Condition Of The Haunting Spectre Of The Might Have Been; 7. Which Concerns Itself Among Other Matters, With "The Old Adam"
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4. How Small Porges In Looking For a Fortune For Another, Found An Uncle For Himself; 5. How Bellew Came To Arcadia
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Dedication; 1. Which, Being The First, Is, Very Properly, The Shortest Chapter In The Book; 2. How George Bellew Sought Counsel Of His Valet; 3. Which Concerns Itself With A Haycart, And A Belligerent Waggoner
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With the tour complete the author summarises the war effort he has witnessed and catalogs the industrial achievements of Great Britain at War.
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The tour moves to Ypres and the total devastation is a shock to behold. The town is gone, but in the midst of this death and destruction, glory and honour have been earned.
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The stop is a front line aerodrome for a chat with the flying men. Here we learn of some of their daring deeds and watch new aircraft designs arriving to aid the war effort.
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The tour visits some quiet battlefields and the author has his stomach turned as he walks the cratered landscape of the unburied dead.
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The tour moves on to Arras and finds the town a shattered wreck of it former glory. At first it appears a wasteland but then the author finds there are still people there afterall...
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Moving back from the front line a visit to a training camp includes a trial by poisonous gas and a close encounter with greek fire.
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In a rickerty car running along shell cratered roads the tour passes lines of wounded as it movs up to an artillery battery and finds the guns firing.
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The tour crosses the channel and enters the land of battle, France. Here the author enters a hospital and finds the well run nursing doing great work. Sadly the visit to the ward of soldiers suffering shell shock reveals the darker side of the war.
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The tour moves onto a Battle Cruiser, the author is given a guided tour from the bowels of the ship past the big guns and up to the very mast head.
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The visit to the ship builders continues, a Master Builder introducers us to a Super Dreadnought and the tour cruises past long line of ships in the final stages of fitting out.
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A visit to Clydebank reveals the industry of Great Britain during war time as it churns out thousands of tons of ships every month.
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The next stop on the tour is another armourment factory. Here rifles and Lewis guns are manufactured. We get to see the guns made and test fired.
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The tour of Britain starts with a visit to an armament factory. We find women working and doing good service for the Empire as they make and prepare cartridges for all of the lands rifles.
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In this short section the author lays out the details of his proposed tour and welcomes our American cousins to the great battle of our time, a battle that is for freedom and right.
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