The Project Gutenberg E-text of With Joffre at Verdun

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Author

Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir), 1872-1957

Title

With Joffre at Verdun: A Story of the Western Front

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

30791

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30791

Release Date

December 28, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.[Frontispiece: "THE SERGEANT OF HENRI'S PLATOON, ONE ARM DANGLING HELPLESS BY HIS SIDE, STRETCHED OUT A BRAWNY HAND AND GRIPPED OUR HERO'S" (missing from book)] — With Joffre at Verdun
2. 2.A Story of the Western Front — BY
3. 3.LT.-COL. F. S. BRERETON — Illustrated by Arch. Webb — BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY 1916 — BY LT.-COLONEL BRERETON
4. 4.Contents
5. 5.Illustrations — "THE SERGEANT OF HENRI'S PLATOON, ONE ARM DANGLING HELPLESS BY HIS SIDE, STRETCHED OUT A BRAWNY HAND AND GRIPPED OUR HERO'S" (missing from book) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece — "A BIG BURLY MAN, A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE STAFF AT RUHLEBEN, BARRED HENRI'S PROGRESS" (missing from book) — "A TERRIFIC CONCUSSION SENT HIS BOWL FLYING AND THE YOUNG SOLDIER HIMSELF ROLLING FROM THE BANK" — "THEY SAW A GERMAN SOLDIER ACTUALLY DRINKING FROM THE STREAM WITHIN A FEW YARDS OF THEM — "THAT BEARDED VETERAN, LEANING OVER THE SWAYING WALL, MADE HAVOC AMONG THE GERMANS WITH HIS BAYONET" — "THE GRENADE LANDED WITHIN A FOOT OF THE FIRE ABOUT WHICH THE MEN HAD BEEN SEATED" — MAP OF VERDUN SALIENT DURING OPERATIONS ON 21ST FEBRUARY, 1916 — MAP OF VERDUN SALIENT AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS FIGHTING
6. 6.WITH JOFFRE AT VERDUN — CHAPTER I — The Camp at Ruhleben — CHAPTER II — Henri and Jules and Stuart — CHAPTER III — The Road to Freedom — CHAPTER IV — The Heart of Germany — CHAPTER V — Eluding the Pursuers — [Illustration: "A BIG BURLY MAN, A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE STAFF AT RUHLEBEN, BARRED HENRI'S PROGRESS" (missing from book)] — CHAPTER VI — Changing their Direction — CHAPTER VII — A Friend in Need — CHAPTER VIII — The Verdun Salient — CHAPTER IX — A Terrific Bombardment — "A TERRIFIC CONCUSSION SENT HIS BOWL FLYING AND THE YOUNG SOLDIER HIMSELF ROLLING FROM THE BANK" — MAP OF VERDUN SALIENT DURING OPERATIONS ON 21ST FEBRUARY, 1916 — CHAPTER X — The Thin Line of Heroes — CHAPTER XI — Falling Back — CHAPTER XII — A Reconnoitring-party — "THEY SAW A GERMAN SOLDIER ACTUALLY DRINKING FROM THE STREAM WITHIN A FEW YARDS OF THEM" — CHAPTER XIII — Douaumont Fortress — MAP OF VERDUN SALIENT AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS FIGHTING — CHAPTER XIV — Frenchmen and Brandenburgers — CHAPTER XV — Rats in a Trap — THAT BEARDED VETERAN, LEANING OVER THE SWAYING WALL, MADE HAVOC AMONG THE GERMANS WITH HIS BAYONET" — CHAPTER XVI — A Fight to a Finish — "THE GRENADE LANDED WITHIN A FOOT OF THE FIRE ABOUT WHICH THE MEN HAD BEEN SEATED" — CHAPTER XVII — Charge of the Gallant Bretons — CHAPTER XVIII — A Sinister German — CHAPTER XIX — Heroic "Poilus"

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