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Sir C. E. Callwell. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918
Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
CHAPTER II
EARLY DAYS AT THE WAR OFFICE
CHAPTER III
LORD KITCHENER'S START
CHAPTER IV
LORD KITCHENER'S LATER RECORD
CHAPTER V
THE DARDANELLES
CHAPTER VI
SOME EXPERIENCES IN THE WAR OFFICE
CHAPTER VII
FURTHER EXPERIENCES IN THE WAR OFFICE
CHAPTER VIII
THE NEAR EAST
CHAPTER IX
OTHER SIDE-SHOWS
CHAPTER X
THE MUNITIONS QUESTION
CHAPTER XI
COUNCILS, COMMITTEES, AND CABINETS
CHAPTER XII
SOME INTER-ALLIES CONFERENCES
CHAPTER XIII
A FIRST MISSION TO RUSSIA
CHAPTER XIV
A SECOND MISSION TO RUSSIA
CHAPTER XV
THE RUSSIAN BUNGLE
CHAPTER XVI
CATERING FOR THE ALLIES
CHAPTER XVII
THE PRESS
CHAPTER XVIII
SOME CRITICISMS, SUGGESTIONS, AND GENERALITIES
THE END
Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh
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Sir C. E. Callwell
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New Army officers were so unconventional.
Lord Roberts often came to see me in those anxious early days at the War Office, ever sympathetic, ever encouraging, ever confident. It had not been my privilege while on the active list to be brought into contact with him, except once, many years ago, when a young subaltern at Kabul. But one day, it must have been in 1911, he sent me a message asking me to call and see him at the Athenaeum. On my presenting myself, and on our repairing to the little room by the door where members of that exclusive establishment interviewed outsiders, he made a somewhat unexpected proposal. A gentleman of progressive views hailing from the Far East, called Sun Yat-sen—one had seen his name in the newspapers and had got the impression that he was a revolutionary, out for trouble—was in England in search of arms, and he required a commander-in-chief for the forces which he proposed to raise for the purpose of bringing the Celestial Empire up to date.[2] The Field-Marshal wanted me to take on the job. But the project somehow did not appeal to me—people do say that the Chinese have old-fashioned ways when they come to deal with persons whose conduct they are unable to approve—and I no doubt cut but a poor figure when manifesting no disposition to jump at the chance. "If I were only forty years younger," exclaimed Lord Roberts, "I would go myself! Why, you might be Emperor of China before you knew where you were!" But even the prospect of a seat on the Peacock Throne failed to charm, although I had an interview with Sun Yat-sen (who looked as if butter would not melt in his mouth) at the Savoy Hotel; benefactors of the human race coming from foreign parts always put up at that hostelry, comfortable quarters are understood to be procurable. One could not, however, but be impressed with the amazing vitality of the aged Field-Marshal then, as also a year or two later when he used to come to make enquiries concerning the progress of events in France.
