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The Great War as I Saw It

The Great War as I Saw It

by Frederick George Scott

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Author
Scott, Frederick George, 1861-1944
Title
The Great War As I Saw It
Credits
Produced by Sigal Alon, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada
Category
Text
eBook-No.
19857
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19857
Release Date
November 18, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.The Great War as I Saw It — The Great War as I Saw It
  3. 3.by Canon Frederick George Scott, C.M.G., D.S.O.
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIRST CANADIAN DIVISION, C.E.F.
  6. 6.FOREWORD
  7. 7.PREFACE
  8. 8.The Great War as I Saw It — CHAPTER I. — How I Got Into The War. July to September, 1914. — CHAPTER II. — The Voyage To England. September 29th to October 18th, 1914. — CHAPTER III. — On Salisbury Plain. October 18th, 1914, to January 1st, 1915. — CHAPTER IV. — Off To France. January To March, 1915. — CHAPTER V. — Before The Storm. March to April, 1915. — CHAPTER VI. — The Second Battle of Ypres. April 22nd, 1915. — CHAPTER VII. — Festubert and Givenchy. May and June, 1915. — CHAPTER VIII. — Ploegsteert—A Lull in Operations. July to December, 1915. — CHAPTER IX. — Our First Christmas in France. — CHAPTER X. — Spring, 1916. — CHAPTER XI. — The Attack on Mount Sorrel. Summer, 1916. — CHAPTER XII. — The Battle of the Somme. Autumn, 1916. — CHAPTER XIII. — Our Home at Camblain l'Abbé. November and December, 1916. — CHAPTER XIV. — My Search is Rewarded. — CHAPTER XV. — A Time of Preparation. Christmas, 1916, to April, 1917. — CHAPTER XVI. — The Capture of Vimy Ridge. April 9th, 1917. — CHAPTER XVII. — A Month on the Ridge. April to May, 1917. — CHAPTER XVIII. — A Well-Earned Rest. May and June, 1917. — CHAPTER XIX. — Paris Leave. June 1917. — CHAPTER XX. — We Take Hill 70. July and August, 1917. — CHAPTER XXI. — Every Day Life. August to October 1917. — CHAPTER XXII. — A Tragedy of War. — CHAPTER XXIII. — Visits To Rome and Paschendaele. October and November, 1917. — CHAPTER XXIV. — Our Last War Christmas. — CHAPTER XXV. — Victory Year Opens. January and February, 1918. — CHAPTER XXVI. — The German Offensive. March, 1918. — CHAPTER XXVII. — In Front of Arras. April, 1918. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — Sports and Pastimes. May and June, 1918. — CHAPTER XXIX. — The Beginning of the End. July to August 7th, 1918. — CHAPTER XXX. — The Battle of Amiens. August 8th to 16th, 1918. — CHAPTER XXXI. — We Return to Arras. August, 1918. — CHAPTER XXXII. — The Smashing of the Drocourt-Quéant Line. September 2nd, 1918. — CHAPTER XXXIII. — Preparing for the Final Blow. September, 1918. — CHAPTER XXXIV. — The Crossing of the Canal Du Nord. September 27th, 1918. — CHAPTER XXXV. — Victory. November 11th, 1918. — INDEX

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