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Stories and Letters from the Trenches by F. B. Ogilvie

Stories and Letters from the Trenches by F. B. Ogilvie

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Author
Various
Title
Stories and Letters from the Trenches
Credits
Produced by Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)
Language
English
LoC Class
D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 -- Anecdotes
Category
Text
eBook-No.
48636
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48636
Release Date
April 5, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Stories and Letters From the Trenches
  2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.THREE MONTHS IN THE TRENCHES. — No Chance to Rest. — "The Corsican Brothers." — Farewell, Whiskers! — Running the Gauntlet. — Repulsed With Loss. — Praise for Germans. — "Pluckiest Thing in the War." — Good Way to Die.
  5. 5.FRENCHMAN MEETS THAT STRANGE BEING, TOMMY ATKINS.
  6. 6.ONE YOUNG SOLDIER WHO PROVED A HERO. — Back Through Hail of Lead. — All Fall in a Heap. — May Get Victoria Cross. — Cyclist Wins Decoration.
  7. 7.DR. MARY CRAWFORD OF BROOKLYN TELLS OF AMERICAN AMBULANCE WORK IN A PARIS HOSPITAL. — A Dog That Saved His Master. — The Clown of the Hospital.
  8. 8.ROYALTY AT THE FRONT.
  9. 9.GAELIC SPIRIT IRREPRESSIBLE.
  10. 10.HIGHLAND KILT A POOR UNIFORM.
  11. 11.FROM MEN IN THE FLEET.
  12. 12.FROM A DYING FRENCHMAN. — Twenty-seven Miles in Sleighs.
  13. 13.A NINE DAYS' PURGATORY.
  14. 14."A GALLANT FOE."
  15. 15.NOT ALL HATE!
  16. 16.FOUGHT TO LAST MAN.
  17. 17.THE SMILE IS GONE.
  18. 18.WHIPPED FOR ROBBING GIRL.
  19. 19.THE CORPORAL'S TROPHY.
  20. 20.WANT MORE THAN "THREE CHEERS."
  21. 21."WILLIAM AS JOVIAL AS EVER."
  22. 22.SAVED BY AEROPLANE.
  23. 23.THE DEADLY AIR BOMB.
  24. 24.A SUPER-BELGIAN.
  25. 25.RARE HONOR FOR JEWS.
  26. 26.HORACE STIRS FRENCHMEN.
  27. 27."THEY FACE A SOLID WALL!"
  28. 28.DEJECTED!
  29. 29."GUIDED BY HEAVEN."
  30. 30.DARING TOMMY.
  31. 31."WE ARE WELL TREATED."
  32. 32.WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST!
  33. 33."PILE DEAD YARD HIGH."
  34. 34.CAN'T CARE FOR WOUNDED.
  35. 35."FORWARD, MY CHILDREN!"
  36. 36.ANOTHER RECORD SMASHED.
  37. 37.YOUNG GERMANY.
  38. 38.THE INVISIBLE FOE.
  39. 39.TRAITOR MAYOR SHOT.
  40. 40.HE WON'T GET HURT.
  41. 41.REAL LUXURIES.
  42. 42.THE GRATEFUL PRINCE.
  43. 43."TOO AWFUL TO DESCRIBE!"
  44. 44.BRITISH AND BELGIAN KINGS MET BY ROADSIDE.
  45. 45.ROUGH ON THE PRISONERS.
  46. 46.HANDICAPPED.
  47. 47.PRINCE A FINE SOLDIER.
  48. 48."FOR YOUR LEETLE AMIE."
  49. 49.EVEN THE BUTLER!
  50. 50."THEY ARE BRAVE MEN!"
  51. 51.THOUGHT KIPLING SPY.
  52. 52.KAISER'S CONSCIENCE CLEAR.
  53. 53."A FRIGHTFUL HECATOMB."
  54. 54.WILL AVENGE BELGIUM.
  55. 55.HIDE DEAD FROM WOUNDED.
  56. 56.CLOSE CALL IN THE CLOUDS.
  57. 57.CAPT. VON MULLER'S GALLANTRY.
  58. 58."BOMBARDMENT TERRIBLE!"
  59. 59.A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
  60. 60.THE NEW WAR WEAPON.
  61. 61.CENSORING THE CENSOR.
  62. 62."HOCH DER CZAR!"
  63. 63.A HOLOCAUST.
  64. 64.FIGHT WITH SHOVELS.
  65. 65."OUR LUCK WAS IN."
  66. 66."IN HONOR BOUND."
  67. 67.A HEROIC SACRIFICE.
  68. 68.A TERRIBLE BAYONET CHARGE.
  69. 69.COLONEL AVENGED INSULT.
  70. 70.WORK OF NEW AERIAL BOMB.
  71. 71.BRITON PRAISES GERMANS.
  72. 72.NEARLY PUT ONE OVER.
  73. 73.CLOSE CALL FOR AIRMAN.
  74. 74.FASTIDIOUS SANDY.
  75. 75."IS THIS THE KAISER?"
  76. 76."SEND ON SOME MORE DISHES!"
  77. 77.A NEW FOE ENTERS.
  78. 78.THE BRIGHTER SIDE.
  79. 79.HOW THE RUSSIANS PAY.
  80. 80.KAISER'S CLOSE CALL.
  81. 81.EXTRA! RUSSIA GOES DRY!
  82. 82."HE IS NOT A PRIEST!"
  83. 83.THOUGHT SHELLS FIREWORKS.
  84. 84."YOU ARE AN ANGEL!"
  85. 85.KILLS 40 FOR SINGING.
  86. 86.RUSSIAN AIRMAN'S RUSE.
  87. 87."IT IS LOVELY HERE!"
  88. 88.THEY TOOK HIS SHOE.
  89. 89."SOLDIERS BECOMING RARE."
  90. 90.985 SHELLS KILL 2 HORSES.
  91. 91.KILLED FOR INSULT TO WOMAN.
  92. 92.SOME FEE!
  93. 93.CALLS FOE TREACHEROUS.
  94. 94.HOW HE WON THE V. C. — Transcriber's note:

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