Over There with the Canadians at Vimy Ridge
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Ralphson George Harvey. Over There with the Canadians at Vimy Ridge
CHAPTER I. SHELLS AND MINNENWERFER
CHAPTER II. IRVING'S IDEA
CHAPTER III. IN NO MAN'S LAND
CHAPTER IV "KAMERAD!"
CHAPTER V "THE TURTLE" IS WOUNDED
CHAPTER VI. A LITTLE HISTORY
CHAPTER VII. TOURTELLE APOLOGIZES
CHAPTER VIII. CUBIST ART
CHAPTER IX. BOB'S LETTER
CHAPTER X. DOTS AND DASHES
CHAPTER XI. IRVING TELLS THE SERGEANT
CHAPTER XII. QUIZZING A SPY
CHAPTER XIII. TOURTELLE ADMITS
CHAPTER XIV. TOURTELLE'S STORY
CHAPTER XV. IRVING AN ORDERLY
CHAPTER XVI. A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT
CHAPTER XVII. PARACHUTE PRACTICE
CHAPTER XVIII. STUDYING TO BE A SPY
CHAPTER XIX. LAST PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER XX "SECOND LOOIE ELLIS"
CHAPTER XXI. THE BLOWING UP OF VIMY RIDGE
CHAPTER XXII. BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES
CHAPTER XXIII. OFF FOR BERLIN
CHAPTER XXIV. IN BERLIN
CHAPTER XXV. THE READING OF THE CRYPTOGRAM
CHAPTER XXVI. FOLLOWED
CHAPTER XXVII. THE SPY'S DECISION
CHAPTER XXVIII. MAKING PROGRESS WITH THE BARON
CHAPTER XXIX. ORDERS FOR MONEY AND CLOTHES
CHAPTER XXX. BEFORE BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXXI. AT WORK IN THE SPY OFFICE
CHAPTER XXXII. A STARTLING RECOGNITION
CHAPTER XXXIII. A SURPRISING OFFER
CHAPTER XXXIV. SKIN GRAFTING
CHAPTER XXXV. THE TAPPING ON THE WINDOW
CHAPTER XXXVI. A REVELATION
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SUBMARINES
CHAPTER XXXVIII "KAMERAD!" AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXIX "ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN"
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Private Ellis had not been back in the front line trench long before he had good cause to congratulate himself for resisting the temptation to offer himself as an example of bravery in the face of the cowardly actions of the second lieutenant. A second minnenwerfer dropped unannounced right into the pit they had just left and the size of the bowl-shaped listening post was increased many times.
"Now, if I were an officer and in position to make suggestions, I'd advise that that pit be remanned in about half an hour," Irving mused. "The boches, no doubt, have a report of the success of their last shot, and will naturally assume that the place has been put out of commission as a lookout, and the occupants reduced to their original elements. I believe that hole in the ground is just as serviceable as it ever was to play peek-a-boo at Heinie."
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He was morally certain that the soldier now within ten feet of him was an enemy, but he resolved to be very careful lest he attack one of his own comrades. So he continued to approach with the utmost caution, hoping to identify the fellow by an inspection of his uniform. In the darkness this was an exceedingly difficult thing to do, for there is a general similarity in the make of the uniforms of soldiers of most nations, so that when silhouetted they differ very little to any but a keenly observing expert.
But Irving was not forced to depend alone upon his vision in the darkness of the night to verify his identification of the two patrol scouts. There was another salute in low tone, and this time an answer was given.
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