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Campaign Diary of a French Officer

Campaign Diary of a French Officer

by Lieutenant René Nicolas

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Author
Nicolas, René, Lieutenant
Title
Campaign diary of a French officer
Original Publication
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
Subject
Nicolas, René, Lieutenant -- Diaries
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77912
Release Date
February 11, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CAMPAIGN DIARY OF A FRENCH OFFICER
  2. 2.PREFACE of a FRIEND
  3. 3.FOREWORD
  4. 4.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I ARRIVAL IN THE ARMY ZONE—IMPRESSIONS BEHIND THE FRONT
  5. 5.CHAPTER II THE MARCH TO THE TRENCHES
  6. 6.CHAPTER III DESCRIPTION OF THE TRENCH—LIFE IN THE FIRST LINE—BOMBARDMENT, GERMAN ATTACK
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV RECUPERATING—LIFE IN CANTONMENT AND IN CAMP
  8. 8.CHAPTER V MUD—CORPSES—TAKING A GERMAN TRENCH—IN THE SECOND LINE—RETURN TO THE FIRST LINE—PARADE MARCH BEFORE THE FLAG
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI ENCAMPMENT—IN THE FOURTH LINE—FATIGUE DUTY—VISIT TO THE ARTILLERY
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII IN THE FRONT LINES—THE TRENCH CANNON—GAS BOMBS—CAPTURE OF A BOCHE TRENCH—GRENADES—HILL 181—IN THE SECOND LINE—OUR LAST DAYS IN CHAMPAGNE
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII A MONTH AWAY FROM THE TRENCHES
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX BEFORE THE GRAND OFFENSIVE (ARTOIS, MAY 1–8, 1915)
  13. 13.CHAPTER X THE ATTACK
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI EVACUATION—THE SANITARY TRAIN—THE HOSPITAL

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