On the Right of the British Line

About this eBook

Author

Nobbs, Gilbert

Title

On the right of the British line

Credits

Produced by Jeannie Howse and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32051

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32051

Release Date

April 19, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ON THE RIGHT OF THE BRITISH LINE — ON THE RIGHT OF THE BRITISH LINE — BY — CAPTAIN GILBERT NOBBS — (LATE L.R.B.) — Copyright, 1917, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published September, 1917 — BESIDES THE MAN WHO FIGHTS THERE IS THE WOMAN WHO WAITS, AND IN HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO HER SILENT HEROISM I DEDICATE THIS BOOK — PREFACE ToC — CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS
3. 3.ON THE RIGHT OF THE BRITISH LINE — CHAPTER I ToC — FOVANT — ORDERLY ROOM. OFF TO THE FRONT — CHAPTER II ToC — THE SILENT HEROES — THE WOMAN WHO WAITS—AND SUFFERS IN SILENCE — CHAPTER III ToC — DEPARTURE FOR THE FRONT — WATERLOO STATION. LUNCHEON ARGUMENTS. THE BAGGAGE PROBLEM — CHAPTER IV ToC — CROSSING THE CHANNEL — THE DOCK PORTER. A WHIFF OF BOND STREET — CHAPTER V ToC — GOING UP THE LINE — PERFIDIOUS GANG-PLANKS. D'ARCY STRANDED. GUIDES WHO CANNOT GUIDE. A HEATED ARGUMENT — CHAPTER VI ToC — RATIONS — I LEARN TO HATE FOOD. MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS — CHAPTER VII ToC — ST. AMAND — I REPORT AT HEADQUARTERS. THE PROBLEM OF VENTILATION — CHAPTER VIII ToC — EARLY IMPRESSIONS — BILLETS. A STARTLING INCIDENT. REST CAMP — CHAPTER IX ToC — DEPARTURE FOR THE SOMME — CORBIE. HAPPY VALLEY. PASSING THROUGH THE GUNS — CHAPTER X ToC — ARRIVAL ON THE SOMME — FEEDING THE GUNS. SEPTIMUS D'ARCY ARRIVES. A CURIOUS KIT — CHAPTER XI ToC — DEATH VALLEY — MOVING OVER BATTLE-FIELDS. —— BATTALION, LONDON REGIMENT, IN POSSESSION. THE MYSTERY TRENCH. FALFEMONT FARM — CHAPTER XII ToC — OUT IN NO MAN'S LAND — SUDDEN ORDERS. THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT ADVENTURE. DIGGING IN — CHAPTER XIII ToC — A NIGHT OF ALARM — SEPTIMUS IN A NEW RÔLE. SAVING THE AMMUNITION. THE LAST CARTRIDGE — CHAPTER XIV ToC — NEXT MORNING — A COUNCIL OF WAR. OPERATION ORDERS. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT — CHAPTER XV ToC — THE ADVANCE THROUGH LEUZE WOOD — NEW OPERATION ORDERS. "AT ANY COST." LIKE RATS IN A TRAP — CHAPTER XVI ToC — THE ATTACK — A DESPERATE SITUATION. BATTLE FORMATION. "FOR ENGLAND" — CHAPTER XVII ToC — AT ANY COST — OVER THE TOP. MAD, FIGHTING MAD. THE FINAL ASSAULT — CHAPTER XVIII ToC — LEFT ON THE FIELD — THE MYSTERY OF DEATH. THE SECRET CODE. TWO TERRIBLE DAYS — CHAPTER XIX ToC — THE JAWS OF DEATH — LONELINESS, DARKNESS, AND SILENCE. A LAST EFFORT. I PREPARE FOR DEATH — CHAPTER XX ToC — AT THE MERCY OF THE HUN—AND AFTER — A BASIN OF SOUP. HOSPITAL AT ST. QUENTIN. THE "OPEN SESAME" — CHAPTER XXI ToC — ALIVE — CHAPTER XXII ToC — BLINDNESS — CHAPTER XXIII ToC — THE WOMAN WHO WAITS — THE TELEGRAPH BOY'S RAT-TAT. KILLED IN ACTION. WEEKS OF MOURNING — CHAPTER XXIV ToC — WARD 43, RESERVE LAZARETTE 5, HANOVER — OCCUPANTS OF THE WARD. CHIVALRY OF THE AIR — CHAPTER XXV ToC — SANIEZ — CHAPTER XXVI ToC — LIFE IN HANOVER HOSPITAL — HOSPITAL DIET. INTERVIEWED BY A GERMAN DOCTOR. DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL — CHAPTER XXVII ToC — OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS — EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS. PARCELS. MEN OF MONS — CHAPTER XXVIII ToC — STORIES OF THE HEROES OF MONS — The Story of Private ——, West Kent Regiment — The Story of Private —— of the Leicester Regiment — The Story of Private —— of the Norfolk Regiment — The Story of Private —— of the Middlesex Regiment, Told Me in Blenhurst Camp — CHAPTER XXIX ToC — OSNABRUCK — ARRIVAL IN CAMP. THE CANTEEN. DAILY ROUTINE. RATIONS. PARCELS. NEWS — CHAPTER XXX ToC — COMEDY AND DRAMA — I SALUTE THE WALL. THE STORY OF AN EGG. A NOVEL BANQUET. JOY RIDE ON A LORRY. THE SWISS COMMISSION — CHAPTER XXXI ToC — FREE — I BLUFF THE GERMAN SERGEANT. AACHEN. TWO BOTTLES OF WINE. ACROSS THE FRONTIER. GREAT SCOTT! I AM CHARGED FOR MY OWN DEATH EXPENSES

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