A British silent adventure directed by Herbert Wilcox

Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).

A pacifist gambler turns spy and gives his father's gas factory plans to the enemy.

An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.

An old man tells a girl reporter how he solved a crime.

A boxer saves a lady who joins gypsies on learning she is the subject of a bet.

The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.