Stories From the Trenches

About this eBook

Author

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

Title

Stories from the trenches : humorous and lively doings of our boys "over there"

Credits

Produced by Brian Coe. Emmy 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.

49653

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49653

Release Date

August 8, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS
5. 5.THE MAN WHO “CAME BACK” — FOUR TO THE GOOD
6. 6.FRANCO-YANKO ROMANCES — CUTE, WASN’T SHE? — EVERY ONE TO HIS TASTE
7. 7.TRENCH SUPERSTITIONS
8. 8.IN THE TRAIL OF THE HUN — SOME STUNT—TRY IT — WHEN THE HUN QUIT SMOKING
9. 9.WHEN “ACE” LUFBERY BAGGED NO. 13 — HORSE AND HORSE — WHY TOMMY JOINED THE CHURCH
10. 10.LIFE AT THE FRONT
11. 11.THE “FIDDLER’S TRUCE” AT ARRAS
12. 12.HARRY LAUDER DOES HIS BIT — CAUSE FOR GRIEVANCE — DOUBLY ANNOYING
13. 13.KING GEORGE UNDER FIRE — THE FEMALE STANDARD OF SIZE
14. 14.STORY OF OUR FIRST SHOT — HE KNEW WHAT TO DO — THAT WAS THE HYMN NUMBER
15. 15.STORIES FROM THE FRONT — FUNNY THEY HADN’T MET — NO END TO THE GAME
16. 16.UNCLE SAM, DETECTIVE — DRIVING IS TOO GOOD FOR THEM — NOW THEY DON’T SPEAK
17. 17.DIDN’T RAISE HIS BOY TO BE A “SLACKER” — CONSOLING INFORMATION — HE WAS ALL RIGHT
18. 18.THE 100-POUND TERROR OF THE AIR
19. 19.THE WATCH-DOGS OF THE TRENCHES — ALL IN THE SAME COUNTRY
20. 20.GENERAL BELL REDEEMS HIS PROMISE — NO GREAT LOSS
21. 21.LETTERS FROM THE FRONT — HELPING HIS WIFE OUT
22. 22.MEET TOMMY, D. C. MEDAL MAN
23. 23.GERMAN FALCON KILLED IN AIR-DUEL
24. 24.HE TAUGHT THE “TANK” TO PROWL AND SLAY — NOT A SELF-STARTER — TRY IT ON YOUR WIFE — HE WAS GOING AWAY FROM THERE
25. 25.TAKING MOVING PICTURES UNDER SHELL-FIRE — COSTS MORE NOW
26. 26.WEIGHTY MEASURES INVOLVING UNCLE SAM’S NAVY — NEVER TALK BACK — GOING HOME
27. 27.ENLISTED MEN TELL WHY THEY JOINED THE ARMY — THE NATIONAL GAME
28. 28.TOMMY ATKINS, RAIN-SOAKED AND WAR-WORN STILL GRINS
29. 29.SOMETHING NEW FOR THE MARINES — JUDGING BY HIS LETTERS — BLESS THESE AMATEURS — NEW GROUNDS FOR EXEMPTION — SOUSA’S LITTLE JOKE — RAPID MILITARY ADVANCEMENT

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