_The Story of a French Captain's Escape from the Germans_
_Told by himself, and translated by G. Frederic Lees_
Few men who have succeeded in slipping through the clutching
fingers of the Mailed Fist have such a moving record of adventure
to their credit as Captain X----, who here relates his remarkable
experiences. There is the true Stevensonian flavor in some of
the episodes narrated; and at the same time the story has real
historical value, since it opens with a graphic account of the
Battle of Charleroi, which has not yet been described by the French
Staff, or by any of the unofficial historians of the war. The
officer's name is suppressed in deference to his own request when
he related his experiences in the _Wide World Magazine_.