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Mary Roberts Rinehart. Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
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FOR KING AND COUNTRY. I. TAKING A CHANCE. II. "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE" III. LA PANNE. IV. "'TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY" V. A TALK WITH THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. VI. THE CAUSE. VII. THE STORY WITH AN END. VIII. THE NIGHT RAID ON DUNKIRK. IX. NO MAN'S LAND. X. THE IRON DIVISION. XI. AT THE HOUSE OF THE BARRIER. XII. NIGHT IN THE TRENCHES. XIII. "WIPERS" XIV. LADY DECIES' STORY. XV. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE. XVI. THE MAN OF YPRES. XVII. IN THE LINE OF THE "MITRAILLEUSE" XVIII. FRENCH GUNS IN ACTION. XIX. "I NIBBLE THEM" XX. DUNKIRK: FROM MY JOURNAL. XXI. TEA WITH THE AIR-FIGHTERS. XXII. THE WOMEN AT THE FRONT. XXIII. THE LITTLE "SICK AND SORRY" HOUSE. XXIV. FLIGHT. XXV. VOLUNTEERS AND PATRIOTS. XXVI. A LUNCHEON AT BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. XXVII. A STRANGE PARTY. XXVIII. SIR JOHN FRENCH. XXIX. ALONG THE GREAT BETHUNE ROAD. XXX. THE MILITARY SECRET. XXXI. QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND. XXXII. THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. XXXIII. THE RED BADGE OF MERCY. XXXIV. IN TERMS OF LIFE AND DEATH. XXXV. THE LOSING GAME. XXXVI. HOW AMERICANS CAN HELP. XXXVII. AN ARMY OF CHILDREN. KINGS, QUEENS AND PAWNS
KINGS, QUEENS AND PAWNS
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
CHAPTER I
TAKING A CHANCE
CHAPTER II
"SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE"
CHAPTER III
LA PANNE
CHAPTER IV
"'TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY" FROM MY JOURNAL:
CHAPTER V
A TALK WITH THE KING OF THE BELGIANS
CHAPTER VI
THE CAUSE
CHAPTER VII
THE STORY WITH AN END
CHAPTER VIII
THE NIGHT RAID ON DUNKIRK
CHAPTER IX
NO MAN'S LAND. FROM MY JOURNAL:
CHAPTER X
THE IRON DIVISION
CHAPTER XI
AT THE HOUSE OF THE BARRIER
III
"AD. DAUVISTER, "SOUS-LIEUTENANT."
CHAPTER XII
NIGHT IN THE TRENCHES
CHAPTER XIII
"WIPERS" FROM MY JOURNAL:
CHAPTER XIV
LADY DECIES' STORY
CHAPTER XV
RUNNING THE BLOCKADE
CHAPTER XVI
THE MAN OF YPRES
CHAPTER XVII
IN THE LINE OF THE "MITRAILLEUSE"
CHAPTER XVIII
FRENCH GUNS IN ACTION
CHAPTER XIX
"I NIBBLE THEM"
CHAPTER XX
DUNKIRK: FROM MY JOURNAL
CHAPTER XXI
TEA WITH THE AIR-FIGHTERS
CHAPTER XXII
THE WOMEN AT THE FRONT
CHAPTER XXIII
THE LITTLE "SICK AND SORRY" HOUSE
CHAPTER XXIV
FLIGHT
CHAPTER XXV
VOLUNTEERS AND PATRIOTS
CHAPTER XXVI
A LUNCHEON AT BRITISH HEADQUARTERS
CHAPTER XXVII
A STRANGE PARTY
CHAPTER XXVIII
SIR JOHN FRENCH
CHAPTER XXIX
ALONG THE GREAT BETHUNE ROAD
CHAPTER XXX
THE MILITARY SECRET
CHAPTER XXXI
QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER XXXII
THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE RED BADGE OF MERCY
CHAPTER XXXIV
IN TERMS OF LIFE AND DEATH
CHAPTER XXXV
THE LOSING GAME
CHAPTER XXXVI
HOW AMERICANS CAN HELP
CHAPTER XXXVII
AN ARMY OF CHILDREN
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Calais at last, and the prospect of food. Still greater comfort, here my little card became operative. I was no longer a refugee, fleeing and hiding from the stern eyes of Lord Kitchener and the British War Office. I had come into my own, even to supper.
I saw no English troops that night. The Calais station was filled with French soldiers. The first impression, after the trim English uniform, was not particularly good. They looked cold, dirty, unutterably weary. Later, along the French front, I revised my early judgment. But I have never reconciled myself to the French uniform, with its rather slovenly cut, or to the tendency of the French private soldier to allow his beard to grow. It seems a pity that both French and Belgians, magnificent fighters that they are, are permitted this slackness in appearance. There are no smarter officers anywhere than the French and Belgian officers, but the appearance of their troops en masse is not imposing.
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