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 armament, the writer was attached first to the Guard Corps and later to the Staff of the 1st Army (Chapter VIII.). Chapter IX. tells of the German cavalry raid on Svyentsyani in September, 1915, and Chapter X. of the adventures of a Russian Delegation despatched to England and France to obtain munitions.

Chapters XII.-XVI. describe the fighting in 1916, with many hitherto unpublished details of Brusilov's offensive and the subsequent operations. Chapter XVII. deals with the political unrest preceding the Revolution. Chapters XIX.-XXV. give an eye-witness's account of the Revolution of March 12th, 1917, and of the rapid decline of the Russian army, culminating in the "Bolshevik coup d'etat" of November 7th and the negotiations for the separate peace.

ALFRED KNOX.