Anecdotes of the Great War

About this eBook

Compiler

Case, Carleton B. (Carleton Britton), 1857-1936

Title

Anecdotes of the great war, gathered from European sources

Credits

E-text prepared by Brian Coe, Emmy, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Humor, caricatures, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48393

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48393

Release Date

March 1, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Anecdotes of the Great War
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.ANECDOTES OF THE GREAT WAR — BLANKETY-BLANK — HAS A MONOPOLY — MERE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR — FIGHT OR I QUIT YOU — WOULDN’T BACK OUT — UNDER CANVAS — PUNCTURED — HE WANTED POTATOES — ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR — AND THE TOOTUNS, TOO — WAR BRIDE RETORTS — TO A CIGARETTE—IN THE TRENCHES — SOME BOSS — WHAT MUFFS ARE FOR — GOING THE LIMIT — TOMMY ATKINS EXPLAINS WHY “IT’S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY” — PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM — WINNING A BET — COCKNEY GERMAN — IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE — ENGLISH MILITARY SLANG Tommy and His War Talk — INFORMATION WANTED — THE AMUSING MONOCLE — SURROUNDED! — TEXT FOR A BIG “STORY” — NOT AS IT SEEMED — THERE WERE HOPES — FAMILIAR SOUNDS — IMPORTANT MESSAGES — THE JEW AND THE CROSS — RETREAT IN ORDER — SUFFICIENTLY EQUIPPED — “NEXT OF KIN” — HIS BROTHER’S TASK — THE SERGEANTS’ MESS — BOUND TO KEEP OUT OF IT — CLEVER MACKAY — EXCUSE FOR POOR SHOOTING — CORRECT; GO TO THE HEAD — SELF-INTEREST PARAMOUNT — WHY THEY WOULDN’T SHOOT — SHOOK ALL OVER — THE ONLY HINDRANCE — IRISH VS. GERMAN — WISE PRECAUTION — A BLOODLESS BATTLE — AT A PARIS HOTEL — THE LAST RESORT — CRUEL SPITE — AN UNLOVED OFFICIAL — EXTREMITY; MEANING FEET? — AS EVER — AN OLD JOKE WORKED OVER — REASONABLE PREJUDICE — WAR’S UNKNOWN HEROES — THE RETORT JUVENILE — JUST TWO SHOTS APIECE — MISSED THE USUAL SIGNAL — RIVERS IN THE WAR, NOW FAMOUS IN THE WORLD’S HISTORY — A BITING RETORT — WE SUGGEST THIS TO ALL OF ’EM — CAUSE FOR HOME-SICKNESS — REGULAR SEA DOG — PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT — WAR NEWS IN THE PANTRY — DRAWING THE LINE — NO UNION HOURS — MISSED SOMETHING — HIS MEANING IS PLAIN — SOONER OR LATER — INTERRUPTED REPAST — AN EXCELLENT BRIGADE — WHY THEY THREW HIM IN AGAIN — NOTHING TO FUSS ABOUT — FOES AS FRIENDS — STRICTLY OBEDIENT — NOT LIKELY — THE KAISER’S INCOME How His Money Is Invested — SOMETHING REPOSEFUL — ENOUGH IS TOO MUCH — TELLING HIM ALL ABOUT IT — THE ENGLISH LIKE THIS KIND — GAVE IT AWAY — A “SHIRT-SLEEVE GENERAL” — GRIN AND BEAR IT — CHANCE FOR A FREE RIDE — KING ALBERT—CHAUFFEUR — TIRED AND CROSS — TURKISH NAVAL EFFICIENCY — ROUGH ON TOMMY — NOT EXACTLY COMPLIMENTARY — THE QUEEN, LIEUTENANT — FINE WORK — NO CAUSE FOR FEAR — GIVE AND TAKE — FUN ON THE FIRING-LINE — DOING HIS BIT — WELCOME PRISONERS — HE KNEW THE ANSWER — A JOKE IN THE TRENCHES — HE KNEW WHERE IT WAS — SUPERIOR MARKSMANSHIP — NOT A THIRST IN THE LOT — HIS SKIRTS CLEAR — SHEEP AND GOATS — JOGGING HIS MEMORY — WILLING TO COMPROMISE — BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR Seaforth Highlanders’ Quaint Ceremony — A WOMAN’S WORRY — NOT SUPPLIES ENOUGH FOR TWO — LOVE-LETTER TO A RED CROSS NURSE — HOW HEROES ARE MADE — ANNOUNCED HIS ARRIVAL — STEPPED ON IT — KING ALBERT’S CHIVALRY Calls Husband to His Wife from Trenches — FULLY QUALIFIED — A FINE SIGHT FOR THE HUNGRY — SERVIAN WOMEN — SECOND THOUGHT BEST — PUNISHED FOR HIS NAME — THEIR OWN PRIVATE WARFARE — A BIT OF RUSSIAN WIT — ARMORED CANADIAN SOLDIERS — TRYING HARD TO GET BY — ONLY ONE ROCK — SOUNDS LIKE A TOWN — THE BISHOP’S PRISONER — NECESSARY PRECAUTION — STOPPING THE DONKEY — ONE ON SCOTTY — DEFYING THE KAISER — TEMPERATURE 120° — BUT PERHAPS HE CAN DIG TRENCHES — LATEST SCOUTING STORY — CHINESE SYMPATHY — GIVING HIM A SEND-OFF — SHE KNEW BY EXPERIENCE — WHERE WAR IS NOT HELL — FEROCITY EXPLAINED — COULDN’T BE SCOTCH — HARDLY HIS FAULT — THE GERMANS ABASHED — LOCATING PROGRESS — HOW I ESCAPED FROM BERLIN Supposed to Be Written by Mrs. Malaprop — PERMANENTLY POSTPONED — UNINTENTIONAL LIMITATION — NOTHING NEW TO HIM — ENGLISH HUMOR — NOT A CARUSO — IN WAR TIME — GAVE THE SNAP AWAY — WITHOUT PRECEDENT — AN AGREEABLE MISTAKE — INCONSIDERATE BEGGAR — WHAT THE PILOT KNEW — IT WORKED ALL RIGHT — GERMAN GIRLS CAN KNIT — BLOCKHEAD, EH? — HIS SOLE REASON — IGNORANCE IS BLISS — STROKE OF LUCK — SPECIMEN WANTED — A LONE EXCEPTION — CLEVER EXPEDIENT — WHICH WOULD YOU PATRONIZE? — SARCASTIC OLD VET. — BROTHERLY REPARTEE — MADE IN GERMANY — WOLSELEY’S WAY — IGNORED HIMSELF — ANOTHER ANXIETY — ONE QUALIFICATION — GREAT DEEDS I HAVE DONE IN THE GREAT WAR Supposed to Be Written by an Old British Soldier After the Style of Baron Munchausen — WASTED SYMPATHY — KNEW HIM OF OLD — THIS ORIGINATED IN NEW YORK — TWO POINTS OF VIEW — SOME KIND OF A MARSHAL — NOR ON THE SOCKS — LESS WAR NEWS WANTED — TWENTY STRAIGHT — RUSSIAN EXPECTATIONS — FREAKS OF BULLETS Wonderful Escapes From Death — FINDING AN EXCUSE — ONLY A MATTER OF TIME — SOUNDS LOGICAL — UNWILLING MARTYR — THE TAR AND THE TARTAR — DON’T SAY “ROVER” — SCARS OF BATTLE — SUITED TO HIS POSITION — KAISER WILHELM II — AS SEEN IN FRANCE — ANYTHING TO QUALIFY — TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE — ON HIS WAY — MORTIFIED THE FRENCHMAN — CHECKS FOR TWO — SYMPATHETIC SOUL — A QUESTION OF DIET — A GENTLE HINT — A MATTER OF PUNCTUATION — AND THERE ARE OTHERS — SOME BONEHEAD — PROUD OF IT — DIPLOMACY — AN OVER-DOSE — NOBODY CONCERNED — HARD LUCK — HOW HE TOOK HIS — WILLING TO OBLIGE — CAUSE FOR PREJUDICE — SELF-BETRAYED — BRITISH HUMOR — A MIXED BLESSING — OR A BASEBALL UMPIRE — NOT TO EXCEED HIS LIMIT — OUT OF HARM’S WAY — SHOWING HIM HOW — NO EXCEPTION — IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE — SCARED HIM TO THINK OF IT — WHAT HAPPENED TO REIMS — REBUKE THAT DIDN’T WORK — SOMETHING TO THINK OF — A FAVORABLE BALANCE — DISREGARDING THE LIMIT — NO ABBREVIATIONS WANTED — HIS SACRIFICE — UNSATISFACTORY OFFICER — PERPETUAL MOTION — MURDERING HIM — SLACKER GETS BACK — NEW CAUSE FOR WAR — NO ROSE WITHOUT ITS THORN — A GOOD COME-BACK, BILL — ON THE SAFE SIDE — COULDN’T BE DONE — ON THE FIRING LINE — A MATTER OF TRADE — NOT LIKELY — IMPORTANT POSTSCRIPT — OR A SCRAP OF PAPER — NOT TO BE OUTDONE — NEVER FAZED HIM — STAY-AT-HOME TOILET — WHY BE NEUTRAL? — BATHING IN TEARS — WHERE HE COULDN’T GO — PEACE SUGGESTION — HEADING HIM OFF — CAPTURED, NOT STOLEN — LANDED A LARGE ORDER — WELCOME RELIEF — THE USUAL QUERY — BEST OF REASONS — MOST UNUSUAL — MORE SURFACE TO COVER — WORSE THAN WURST — SHE KNEW PADDY — HE HAD SMOKED ONE — SALVAGE — A SOLDIER’S WIFE RELATES THIS — IT SAID SO ON THE DOOR — GENTLE HINT — SOMETHING JUST AS GOOD — NOT ON THE MENU — DYE IS SCARCE — THE HERO — NEEDED A BRACER — AND SMITH COULDN’T DO IT — PAYING HIS RESPECTS — GOT THE MONEY FIRST — FORTUNATE — FEMININE STRATEGY — WAR WORKS WONDERS — UNLIMITED SUPPLY — HER DEDUCTION — NOT A FAVORITE BRAND — AN UNWILLING TARGET — A COMPROMISE — ON A SCOTTISH BATTLEFIELD — IT HIT HIM FIRST — SWEET CHARITY — EXPLAINED — OPTIMISTIC — WHAT STRUCK HIM LEAST — THE TERRIER — MORE THINGS TO KNIT — A QUALIFIED FIGHTER — A SHORT CUT — MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR — AS SEEN IN PRESS REPORTS — BEST OF INTENTIONS — DOUBLE TROUBLE — HE LOST THE COUNT — DEADLIER THAN USUAL — NEW USE OF THE WORD — THE ORIGINAL ONE-STEP — MOTHERLY ADMONITION — OTHER INTENTIONS — SLACKERS — A PUTTERING PUTTER — BLACK AND BLUE, PERHAPS — BUT WILL THEY? — SLOW BUT SURE — THE RECRUIT SCORES ONE — OUR GUESS WOULD BE BEER — A RARE OFFERING — WISE RECRUIT — BAD BITE — NEVER ARGUE WITH A WOMAN — THE WHOLE PACK — NO GARTERS NEEDED — WILLING TO SPARE HIM — CHANCE FOR SOME INVENTOR — IN “ZEPPELIN” TIMES — GETTING THE ACCENT — AN OLD KNITTING STITCH — THE DEAR FRIENDS — FIGHTING FOR HIS GLASSES — CONCERNED — MOST LIKELY — TIMID — NOISY TIME-PIECE — IN NAVAL TERMS — SO CHANGEABLE — AMONG THE MISSING — NO LUCK — RECRUITING IN ENGLAND — ALL BUT THE FIG LEAF — LACKED EXPERIENCE — CONDESCENSION — A HEARTHSTONE HERO — STICKING TO IT — THE RETREAT FROM ALSACE — TEETH NOT ESSENTIAL

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