Mud and Khaki: Sketches from Flanders and France

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Vernon Bartlett. Mud and Khaki: Sketches from Flanders and France

Mud and Khaki: Sketches from Flanders and France

Table of Contents

MUD AND KHAKI

I

IN HOSPITAL

II

A RECIPE FOR GENERALS

III

"MUD!"

IV

THE SURPRISE ATTACK

V

"PONGO" SIMPSON ON BOMBS

VI

THE SCHOOLMASTER OF PONT SAVERNE

I

II

III

VII

THE ODD JOBS

VIII

THE "KNUT"

IX

SHOPPING

X

THE LIAR

XI

THE CITY OF TRAGEDY

XII

"PONGO" SIMPSON ON GRUMBLERS

XIII

THE CONVERT

XIV

DAVID AND JONATHAN

I

II

III

IV

XV

THE RUM JAR

AND OTHER SOLDIER SUPERSTITIONS

XVI

THE TEA SHOP

XVII

"HERE COMES THE GENERAL"

XVIII

THE RASCAL IN WAR

XIX

"PONGO" SIMPSON ON OFFICERS

XX

THE HAND OF SHADOW

XXI

THE VETERAN

XXII

THE SING-SONG

XXIII

THE "STRAFE" THAT FAILED

XXIV

THE NIGHTLY ROUND

XXV

JOHN WILLIAMS, TRAMP AND SOLDIER

XXVI

THE CLEARING HOUSE

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Vernon Bartlett

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Thus it was that I, who am no horseman, rode over to Brigade Headquarters, a mile away, with my toes turned in, and a pair of bright and shining spurs turned away as far as possible from my horse's flanks.

Unhappy and ill at ease, I was shown into the General's room.

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