The Morland family has already suffered loss and hardship in the first months of World War I, but what other horrors will the trenches and the onset of revolution in Russia inflict on them? In 1915, the first euphoria of the war has worn off, but the nation is more determined than ever to win. Jessie is involved in various wartime charity works, while Ned breaks the news that he is going to the Front ahead of his battalion. With the Eastern Front now at stalemate and more men dying from disease than battle, everything now hangs on the new September offensive on the Western Front, the Battle of Loos. Both Ned and Bertie are involved again, though Bertie, commanding untried troops, is in the reserve. Ned says goodbye to his Celine and promises to return...