The Irish on the Somme

About this eBook

Author

MacDonagh, Michael, 1862-1946

Title

The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front'

Credits

Produced by Jeannie Howse, David Clarke 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 -- Regimental histories

Category

Text

eBook-No.

34907

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34907

Release Date

January 10, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE IRISH ON THE SOMME — THE IRISH ON THE SOMME — BEING THE SECOND SERIES OF "THE IRISH AT THE FRONT" — By MICHAEL MacDONAGH — WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY — JOHN REDMOND, M.P. — HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO MCMXVII — TO THE MEMORY OF
3. 3.MAJOR WILLIAM REDMOND, M.P. ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT (IRISH BRIGADE) — WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION JUNE 7, 1917 LEADING HIS MEN IN THE ATTACK ON WYTSCHAETE WOOD — INTRODUCTION ToC — By John Redmond, M.P. — THE RESPONSE OF THE IRISH RACE — PREFACE ToC — CONTENTS — CHAPTER I — IN THE TRENCHES WITH THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS ToC — SCENES COMIC AND TRAGIC — CHAPTER II ToC — EXPLOITS OF THE ULSTER DIVISION — BELFAST'S TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD — CHAPTER III — ULSTERS' ATTACK ON THE SLOPES OF THIEPVAL ToC — "NOT A MAN TURNED TO COME BACK, NOT ONE" — CHAPTER IV — FOUR VICTORIA CROSSES TO THE ULSTER DIVISION ToC — BRILLIANT ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD OF IRISH VALOUR AND ROMANCE — CHAPTER V — COMBATIVENESS OF THE IRISH SOLDIER ToC — THE BRITISH BLENDS OF COURAGE — CHAPTER VI — WITH THE TYNESIDE IRISH ToC — OVER THE HEIGHTS OF LA BOISELLE, THROUGH BAILIFF'S WOOD TO CONTALMAISON — CHAPTER VII — THE WEARING OF RELIGIOUS EMBLEMS AT THE FRONT ToC — SPREAD OF THE EXAMPLE SET BY IRISH SOLDIERS — CHAPTER VIII — THE IRISH SOLDIER'S HUMOUR AND SERIOUSNESS ToC — STORIES FROM THE FRONT, FUNNY AND OTHERWISE — CHAPTER IX — THE IRISH BRIGADE ToC — "EVERYWHERE AND ALWAYS FAITHFUL" — CHAPTER X — IRISH REPLIES TO GERMAN WILES AND POISON GAS ToC — HOW THE MUNSTERS CAPTURED THE ENEMY'S WHEEDLING PLACARDS — CHAPTER XI — STORMING OF GUILLAMONT BY THE IRISH BRIGADE ToC — RAISING THE GREEN FLAG IN THE CENTRE OF THE VILLAGE — CHAPTER XII — THE BRIGADE'S POUNCE ON GUINCHY ToC — GALLANT BOY OFFICERS OF THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS — CHAPTER XIII — HONOURS AND DISTINCTIONS FOR THE IRISH BRIGADE ToC — HOW LIEUTENANT HOLLAND OF THE LEINSTERS WON THE V.C. — CHAPTER XIV — THE WOODEN CROSS ToC — DEATH OF LIEUTENANT T.M. KETTLE OF THE DUBLINS — CHAPTER XV — MORE IRISH HEROES OF THE VICTORIA CROSS ToC — DEEDS OF THE HIGHEST MERIT AND LUSTRE — CHAPTER XVI — RELATIONS BETWEEN ENEMY TRENCHES ToC — IRISH KINDLINESS AND GERMAN GUILE — THE END — Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, BRUNSWICK ST., STAMFORD ST., S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK. — THE IRISH AT THE FRONT — By MICHAEL MacDONAGH — FROM THE REVIEWS OF THE FIRST SERIES — THE IRISH AT THE FRONT — SOME FURTHER REVIEWS — HODDER & STOUGHTON: London, New York and Toronto.
4. 4.SOME RECENT WAR BOOKS — WITH A PREFACE BY RUDYARD KIPLING — J.P. BANG — CAPTAIN PHILIPPE MILLET — JOHANNES JORGENSEN — L. MOKVELD — JACQUES BAINVILLE — Ch. DE VISSCHER — HODDER & STOUGHTON, Publishers, Warwick Sq., London, E.C.

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