very many of the following pages were written in the trenches and dug-outs of greece and serbia. i added a chapter or two in port said, alexandria and marseilles. that is to say, i wrote far away from books and without reference to documents, and i wrote to refresh a mind dulled by the conditions of active service in the near east. a few chapters were written in london and a few in winchester.

here and there may be found factual inaccuracies, though if these exist i am not aware of them. but the spirit of the book is as near the truth as i can bring it.

gerald cumberland

winchester

2nd june 1918