Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #716602 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

Synopsis
The voyage out-Havre-Leaving Havre-R.M.S.P. "Asturias"- St Nazaire-Orders at last. Station duty-On train duty-Orders again-Waiting to go-Still at Le Mans-No.- Stationary Hospital-Off at last-The Swindon of France. Ambulance Train-Under fire-Tales of the Retreat- Life on the Train. Rouen-First Battle of Ypres-At Ypres-A rest- A General Hospital. The Boulogne siding-St Omer-Indian soldiers-His Majesty King George-Lancashire men on the War-Hazebrouck-Bailleul-French engine-drivers-Sheepskin coats-A village in N.E. France-Headquarters. The Army and the King-Mufflers-Christmas Eve- Christmas on the train-Princess Mary's present-The trenches in winter-"A typical example"-New Year's Eve at Rouen- The young officers. The Petit Vitesse siding-Uncomplainingness of Tommy-Painting the train-A painful convoy-The "Yewlan's" watch-"Officer dressed in bandages"-Sotteville-Versailles-The Palais Trianon-A walk at Rouen-The German view, and the English view-'Punch'-"When you return Conqueror"-K.'s new Army. The Indians-St Omer-The Victoria League-Poperinghe-A bad load-Left behind-Rouen again-An "off" spell-En route to Etretat-Sotteville-Neuve Chapelle-St Eloi-The Indians-Spring in N.W.

France-The Convalescent Home-Kitchener's boys. Good Friday and Easter, 1915-The Maire's Ch teau-A walk to Beuvry-The new billet-The guns-A Taube-The Back of the Front-A soldier's funeral-German Machine-guns-Gas fumes-The Second Battle of Ypres. The noise of war-Preparation-Sunday, May 9-The barge-The officers' dressing station-Charge of the Black Watch, May 9-Festubert, May 16-The French Hospital-A bad night-Shelled out-Back at a Clearing Hospital-"For duty at a Base Hospital."