The Boy Allies at Verdun; Or, Saving France from the Enemy

ey would to win their way farther into the heart of France. For months the opposing forces had battled to a draw from the North Sea to the boundary of Switzerland, until now, as the da

e of the batt

n would have revealed the fact that the young man was a youth of some eighteen years, fair and good to look upon. As the machine sped along he kept his eyes glued to the road ahead and did not once turn to join in the c

front seat was Hal

e to side as the car swerved first one way and then the other, or as it took a flying leap over some object in the roa

as in fact a second American boy. His name was Chester Crawford, friend and bosom companion of H

almost as wide as he was long. He had a pleasant face and smiled occasionally, though upon each occasion this smile died away in a sickly grin as the car leaped high in the

the New York Gazette, on the firing line in Europe to gather f

Mr. S

get there an

, Mr. Stubbs!" Chester raised

t here in the ditch," wa

there is no telli

you, Mr. Stubbs?" ask

We can't be going more than a couple of hundred miles an h

r's lap by an extra violent lurch of the car. He threw out a hand, seeking a hold, and

t to jump out of here, all right; but don't try and pus

ut," gasped Stubbs. "I was hun

is no strap," d

denly and a moment later came

ver his shoulder to his companions, as he thrust a han

nting grounds no matter which

dents, we'll reach General Petain at Verdun in tim

hy it is necessary to deliver these despatches

he chart to his pocket after a quick scrut

," said

ettled his cap more firmly on his

can tell,

don't-hey! what're you

tly against Chester as Hal sent the car forward

, Mr. Stubbs,"

deigned to make no reply. So the big army

stopped the car and

ces while going at t

about to speak, then thought better of it and r

is journey in the night continues it will be well to explain the presence of the three companions in t

a horde of Bulgarians just behind them. With them had been others-Ivan, a Cossack, a third British officer and a young girl. Ivan had elected to join the Anglo-French forces at Salonika; the other

a French battleship, homeward bound. A

en he once more felt Fr

r us to do is to return

thing of Uncle John, th

Yo

eep them out of mischief, if he could. He hadn't succeeded and had fallen into the hands of the Austrians. The boys had saved him. Later they had been forced to seek refuge in the Balkans, having found it im

Rome did not materialize. As

had been unable to gather all the details, they had learned enough to know that the German Crown Prince had laid careful plans for an attack on Verdun. They had taken their information to the

eason he did not wish to trust the information to the telegraph wires, and the two lads had volunteered to deliver it in person to General Petain. Th

pany them, for, as he said,

e; with the British on the Marne; with the Cossacks in Russian Poland and in the Carpathians

dence of Field Marshall John French, commander of the British forces in France until he was succeeded by Gen

held actual lieutenancies in the Belgian army, these having been bestowed upon them by King Al

er tongues. Both were strong and sturdy, crack shots, good with sword and sabre, and particularly handy with their fists. These accomplishments had stood them in good stead in many a tight place. But better than all these accomplishments was the a

enly slowed down; the car stopped. A group of mounted men rode up. Hal stood u

lles, sir," he said. "I have import

ficer returne

e," he sa