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Группа авторов. Soldiers' Stories of the War
Soldiers' Stories of the War
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
SOLDIERS’ STORIES OF. THE WAR
CHAPTER I. MONS AND THE GREAT RETREAT
CHAPTER II. GERMAN ATROCITIES
CHAPTER III “GREENJACKETS” IN THE FIRING LINE
CHAPTER IV. THE STRUGGLE ON THE AISNE
CHAPTER V “THE MOST CRITICAL DAY OF ALL”
CHAPTER VI. BRITISH FIGHTERS IN FRENCH FORTS
CHAPTER VII. GERMAN TREACHERY AND HATRED
CHAPTER VIII. LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
CHAPTER IX. SAPPING AND MINING: THE “LUCKY COMPANY”
CHAPTER X. L BATTERY’S HEROIC STAND
CHAPTER XI. SIXTEEN WEEKS OF FIGHTING
CHAPTER XII. A DAISY-CHAIN OF BANDOLIERS
CHAPTER XIII. DESPATCH-RIDING
CHAPTER XIV. THE THREE TORPEDOED CRUISERS
CHAPTER XV. THE RUNAWAY RAIDERS
CHAPTER XVI. CAMPAIGNING WITH THE HIGHLANDERS
CHAPTER XVII. TRANSPORT DRIVING
CHAPTER XVIII. BRITISH GUNNERS AS CAVE-DWELLERS
CHAPTER XIX. WITH THE “FIGHTING FIFTH”
CHAPTER XX. THE VICTORY OF THE MARNE
CHAPTER XXI. AN ARMOURED CAR IN AMBUSH
CHAPTER XXII. EXPLOITS OF THE LONDON SCOTTISH
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ROUT OF THE PRUSSIAN GUARD AT YPRES
CHAPTER XXIV. THE BRITISH VICTORY AT NEUVE CHAPELLE
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Published by Good Press, 2021
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On the Tuesday we were still retreating, and a miserable day it was, with a deluge of rain that soaked us to the skin. We reached a village and slept in barns, and a good sleep we got, without the trouble of undressing or drying our clothes or taking our boots off.
Early on the Wednesday morning the pickets quietly roused and warned us again, and we went out in front of the village and entrenched.
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