"Over There" with the Australians
by R. Hugh Knyvett
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About this eBook
- Author
- Knyvett, R. Hugh (Reginald Hugh), -1918
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
- Subject
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 17206
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17206
- Release Date
- December 3, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.[Frontispiece: Captain R. Hugh Knyvett.] — "OVER THERE" WITH THE AUSTRALIANS — BY CAPTAIN R. HUGH KNYVETT — ANZAC SCOUT Intelligence Officer, Fifteenth Australian Infantry — NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1918 — BILL-JIM'S CHRISTMAS
- 2.CONTENTS — PART I "THE CALL TO ARMS" — PART II EGYPT — PART III GALLIPOLI — PART IV THE WESTERN FRONT — PART V HOSPITAL LIFE — PART VI MEDITATIONS IN THE TRENCHES
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS — R. Hugh Knyvett . . . . . . Frontispiece — From inland towns … men without the means of paying their transportation … started out to walk the three or four hundred miles … to the nearest camp — "On Show" Before Leaving Home — Anzac Cove, Gallipoli — An Australian Camel Corps — "Us—Going In" — My Own Comrades Waiting for Buses — Ammunition Going Through a Somme City — AN INTRODUCTION MAINLY ABOUT SCOUTS
- 4."THE CALL TO ARMS" — CHAPTER I — THE CALL REACHES SOME FAR-OUT AUSTRALIANS — CHAPTER II — AN ALL-BRITISH SHIP — CHAPTER III — HUMAN SNOWBALLS — [Illustration: From inland towns … men without the means of paying their transportation … started out to walk the three or four hundred miles … to the nearest camp.] — CHAPTER IV — TRAINING-CAMP LIFE — CHAPTER V — CONCENTRATED FOR EMBARKATION — [Illustration: "On Show" Before Leaving Home.] — CHAPTER VI — MANY WEEKS AT SEA
- 5.PART II EGYPT — CHAPTER VII — THE LAND OF SAND AND SWEAT — CHAPTER VIII — HELIOPOLIS — CHAPTER IX — THE DESERT — CHAPTER X — PICKETING IN CAIRO — CHAPTER XI — "NIPPER"
- 6.PART III GALLIPOLI — CHAPTER XII — THE ADVENTURE OF YOUTH — CHAPTER XIII — THE LANDING THAT COULD NOT SUCCEED—BUT DID — [Illustration: Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.] — CHAPTER XIV — HOLDING ON AND NIBBLING — CHAPTER XV — THE EVACUATION — CHAPTER XVI — "SHIPS THAT PASS…"
- 7.PART IV THE WESTERN FRONT — CHAPTER XVII — FERRY POST AND THE SUEZ CANAL DEFENSES — [Illustration: An Australian Camel Corps.] — CHAPTER XVIII — FIRST DAYS IN FRANCE… — CHAPTER XIX — THE BATTLE OF FLEURBAIX… — [Illustration: "Us—Going In".] — CHAPTER XX — DAYS AND NIGHTS OF STRAFE — CHAPTER XXI — THE VILLAGE OF SLEEP — [Illustration: My Own Comrades Waiting For Buses.] — CHAPTER XXII — THE SOMME — [Illustration: Ammunition Going Through a Somme City.] — CHAPTER XXIII — THE ARMY'S PAIR OF EYES — CHAPTER XXIV — NIGHTS IN NO MAN'S LAND — CHAPTER XXV — SPY-HUNTING — CHAPTER XXVI — BAPAUME AND "A BLIGHTY"
- 8.PART V HOSPITAL LIFE — CHAPTER XXVII — IN FRANCE — CHAPTER XXVIII — IN LONDON — CHAPTER XXIX — THE HOSPITAL-SHIP — CHAPTER XXX — IN AUSTRALIA — CHAPTER XXXI — USING AN IRISHMAN'S NERVE
- 9.PART VI MEDITATIONS IN THE TRENCHES — CHAPTER XXXII — THE RIGHT INFANTRY WEAPONS — CHAPTER XXXIII — THE FORCING-HOUSE OF BESTIALITY — CHAPTER XXXIV — THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR — CHAPTER XXXV — THE SPLENDOR OF THE PRESENT OPPORTUNITY — CHAPTER XXXVI — NOT A FIGHT FOR "RACE" BUT FOR "RIGHT" — CHAPTER XXXVII — "KEEPING FAITH WITH THE DEAD" — BUT A SHORT TIME TO LIVE — By Leslie Coulson, killed in action
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