True Stories of the Great War (Volume I)

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Editor

Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959

Title

True Stories of the Great War, Volume 1 (of 6) Tales of Adventure--Heroic Deeds--Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses

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Produced by Brian Coe, Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by University of California libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives

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Text

eBook-No.

48663

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48663

Release Date

April 7, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TRUE STORIES OF THE GREAT WAR
2. 2.INTRODUCTORY
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.STORIES OF THE THREE MEN WHO CAUSED THE WORLD WAR — [1] I—PEN PORTRAITS OF THE KAISER — II—PEN-PORTRAIT OF THE CROWN PRINCE — III—PEN-PORTRAIT OF THE ARCHDUKE FERDINAND — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.MY VISIT TO KING ALBERT—THE KING WHOSE THRONE IS THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE — I—"ON MY WAY TO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE BELGIAN ARMY" — II—"I CAME UPON A LITTLE KNOT OF FRENCH SAILORS IN THE STORM" — III—"WE ARRIVE AT LAST—I SEE THE KING" — IV—"A GREAT WARRIOR IN THE MIDST OF AN ARMY OF HEROES" — V—A LITTLE JOURNEY TO THE BATTLEGROUNDS OF FRANCE — VI—"I LOOK DOWN ON THE TERRIBLE LANDSCAPE" — VII—HOW GLORIOUS IS THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE
6. 6."VIVE LA FRANCE"—HOW MEN DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY — II—THE YOUNG HEROES OF FRANCE
7. 7.FOR GOD AND ITALY—BREATHING DEATH WITH THE ITALIANS — I—A POET AT SEA WITH THE ITALIAN NAVY — II—"WE ARE GOING TO PLANT MINES ON A HOSTILE COAST" — III—A DRAMATIC MOMENT IN THE NIGHT — IV—"WE BREATHE DANGER AND DEATH"
8. 8.THE BLOOD OF THE RUSSIANS IN FIGHT FOR LIBERTY — I—"I CAN SEE THE SCENE UNFOLDING BEFORE MY EYES" — II—"I REMEMBER ... A HORRIBLE TALE" — III—"THERE WAS NO ONE TO BURY THE BODIES" — IV—THE TORCH AT THE HOUSE OF DEATH — V—"THESE WERE THE HORRIBLE VISIONS"
9. 9.MY EXPERIENCES IN THE WAR HOSPITALS OF RUMANIA — I—"I WATCH MY RUMANIANS GO TO WAR" — II—"THE SOLDIERS SHOWERED ME WITH FLOWERS" — III—"I BEND OVER THE SUFFERING FACES" — IV—"I PRAYED TO GOD TO LISTEN"
10. 10."WITH THE GERMAN ARMIES IN THE WEST"—VISITS TO THE GENERAL STAFF — [2] I—"ON MY WAY TO WILHELMSTRASSE, BERLIN" — II—"I MEET HERR VON ZIMMERMANN" — III—"MY ARRIVAL AT THE GREAT GENERAL STAFF IN LUXEMBURG" — IV—"AN INVITATION TO DINE WITH THE EMPEROR" — V—"THE DOOR OPENED ... EMPEROR WILLIAM ENTERED" — VI—"I GO TO SEE THE CROWN PRINCE" — VII—"AT SUPPER WITH THE CROWN PRINCE" — VIII—WITH THE GERMAN SOLDIERS—"TO VICTORY OR DEATH" — IX—"WE DROVE THROUGH A ROARING SEA OF LOUD HURRAHS" — X—"AT DINNER WITH THE CROWN PRINCE" — XI—"I WAS ONCE MORE AT THE EMPEROR'S TABLE" — XII—"SUPPER WITH CROWN PRINCE OF BAVARIA" — XIII—"THE WAR LORD IN JOLLY SPIRITS" — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11."THE FIRST HUNDRED THOUSAND"—WITH KITCHENER'S ARMY IN FRANCE — [4] I—THE FRONT OF THE FRONT — II—STORY OF ZACCHAEUS: "HE LIVES UP A TREE" — III—STORY OF AYLING OF THE MACHINE GUNNERS — IV—A DAY'S WORK IN THE TRENCHES — V—SOLDIERS' NIGHT AT THE FRONT — VI—DAYBREAK—"STAND TO ARMS!" — VII—NINE O'CLOCK—"A LITTLE MORNING HATE" — VIII—STORY OF AN AFTERNOON WITH CAPTAIN BLAIKIE — IX—STORY OF "MINNIE—THE MOST UNPLEASANT OF HER SEX" — X—HOW HOURS PASS IN THE DUGOUT — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.SOME EXPERIENCES IN HUNGARY — [5] I—THE CASTLE IN THE CARPATHIANS — II—"THE ARCHDUKE AND SOPHIE WERE SHOT TO-DAY" — III—GLIMPSES OF THE LIFE OF A PRINCESS — IV—DARK DAYS AFTER THE TRAGEDY — V—THE PRINCE WAS "IRRITATED BY THE WAR" — VI—WEEPING PEASANTS FLOCK TO WAR — VII—THE WISDOM OF UNCLE PISTA — VIII—THE PRINCE CALLED THEM ALL FOOLS — IX—THE ROMANCE OF MARISCHA — X—STORIES THE PEASANTS BROUGHT HOME — XI—THE OLD ADMIRAL ARRIVES — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13."FORCED TO FIGHT"—THE TALE OF A SCHLESWIG DANE — [6] I—STORY OF SUFFERING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT — II—"WHAT APPALLING THINGS THEY TOLD US" — III—STORY OF A PRUSSIAN MOTHER — IV—"MY LOVELY LITTLE BOY—THEY KILLED HIM" — V—SHE FINDS AT LAST THE MAN WHO MURDERED — VI—THE GUILTY MAN—AND JUSTICE — VII—STORY OF A GERMAN SOLDIER'S HOME-COMING — VIII—"MY FATHER THANKED GOD" — IX—"MY FIANCEE—SHE ONLY WEPT" — X—"MY MOTHER—SHE BROKE DOWN AND SOBBED" — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14."ADVENTURES OF A DESPATCH RIDER" — [7] I—STORIES OF THE SIGNAL OFFICE IN NORTHERN FRANCE — II—"I AM WRITING UNDER SHRAPNEL FIRE" — III—HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHELLED — IV—A NIGHT SCARE AT THE FRONT — V—"I WAS SENT A MESSAGE" — VI—HOW THE GERMANS BROKE THROUGH — VII—SPY STORIES: "THE OLD WOMAN" — VIII—THE GIRL WHO WAS SHOT — IX—TALES OF THE DESPATCH RIDERS — X—RIDING FOUR MILES ON THE DEAD LINE — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.WITH A B.-P. SCOUT IN GALLIPOLI—ON THE TURKISH FRONTIER — [12] I—STORY OF A DUGOUT UNDER JOHNNY TURK'S GUNS — II—WHEN THE GENERAL VISITS THE BOYS — III—"WHISTLING WILLIE"—AND THE HUMAN GUNS — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16."IN THE FIELD"—THE STORIES OF THE FRENCH CHASSEURS — [14] I—NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF A PEASANT — II—"I OPENED THE HEAVY DOOR—AND ENTERED THE CHURCH" — III—"I KNELT—THE PRIEST WAS SAYING MASS" — IV—"MAMAN CHEVERET"—AND THE CAVALRYMEN — V—THE SOLDIERS AT THE ALTAR — VI—ARTILLERYMEN AT HOLY COMMUNION — VII—THE WARRIORS AND THE ROSARY — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17."FIELD HOSPITAL AND FLYING COLUMN"—IN RUSSIA — [15] I—WITH GRAND DUCHESS CYRIL IN WARSAW — II—CAMPING IN THE TZAR'S SHOOTING BOX — III—THE GENERAL STAFF AT RADZIVILOW CASTLE — IV—ADVENTURES OF A PRINCESS IN POLAND — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.AN UNCENSORED DIARY—FROM THE CENTRAL EMPIRES — I—WITH LETTERS FROM COUNT BERNSTORFF — II—AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN COPENHAGEN — III—WITH AMBASSADOR GERARD IN BERLIN — IV—AT TEA WITH BARON ROEDER — V—COUNTESS —— AND HER DAUGHTER — VI—DINNER WITH COUNTESS GOTZEN — VII—WHEN THE CZARINA BURST INTO TEARS — VIII—A VISIT WITH ZIMMERMANN — IX—TEA WITH BARONESS VON BISSING — X—AT THE CLUB WITH BARON VON MUMM — XI—GUEST OF WARBURG, GERMAN BANKER — XII—TALK WITH COUNT BLUCHER — XIII—AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BRUSSELS — XIV—DINNER WITH GENERAL VON BISSING — XV—THE KAISER AND VON HINDENBURG — XVI—TEA WITH COUNTESS BERNSTORFF — XVII—A WALK WITH AMBASSADOR GERARD
19. 19."A STUDENT IN ARMS"—IN THE RANKS WITH KITCHENER'S ARMY — [16] I—STORY OF "KITCHENER'S ARMY" — II—STORY OF THE BELOVED CAPTAIN — III—"A TOUCH OF CHRIST ABOUT HIM" — IV—"A TORPEDO FELL—THAT WAS THE END" — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20."THE RED HORIZON"—STORIES OF THE LONDON IRISH — [17] I—THE SOLDIER TELLS HIS TALE — II—A NIGHT MARCH IN THE RAIN — III—"THE DEAD MAN UNDER MY FEET" — IV—A CRUCIFIX AND A LOVE LETTER — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.MY TRIP TO VERDUN—GENERAL PETAIN FACE TO FACE — I—"I START FOR VERDUN—WITH THE PRESIDENT'S PERMIT" — II—THE GRAVES BY THE ROADSIDE — III—"NOTHING BUT OLD MEN AND WOMEN—AND CHILDREN" — IV—"WE JOIN THE VAST PROCESSION OF DEATH" — V—"TO VERDUN"—THE NEW CALVARY — VI—"I STAND BEFORE GENERAL PETAIN" — VII—"MY TALK WITH THE GREAT FRENCH GENERAL" — VIII—TROOPS MARCHING TO THE SOUND OF THE GUNS — IX—"THEY HAD WILLED TO DIE FOR FRANCE" — X—"I CAN NEVER FORGET THOSE FACES"
22. 22.UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES—WITH AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE — I—STORY OF ARRIVAL OF GENERAL PERSHING ON FRENCH SOIL — II—SCENES WHEN PERSHING ARRIVED IN PARIS — III—STORY OF ARRIVAL OF FIRST AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE — IV—AMERICAN SOLDIERS CELEBRATE FOURTH OF JULY IN PARIS
23. 23.WITH THE SERBIAN STOICS IN EXILE—UNDER THE GERMAN YOKE — I—HOW I FLED WITH KING PETER'S TROOPS — II—"WE SADDLED OUR HORSES TO RIDE TO THE FRONT" — III—"I MET HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES" — IV—"I WATCHED THE TERRIFYING SPECTACLE" — V—EVERY ROAD WAS FILLED WITH HUMAN MISERY — VI—OVER THE MOUNTAIN SIDE WITH GENERAL PUTNIK — VII—"I OVERTOOK KING PETER" — VIII—A THOUSAND MEN AND HORSES OVER A ROCKY GORGE — IX—WOLVES LIVING ON CARCASSES IN MOUNTAIN PASSES
24. 24.TALES OF THE TANKS—WITH THE ARMORED MONSTERS IN BATTLE — I—STORY OF A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN IN A TANK ON THE BATTLEFIELD — II—STORY OF THE TANKS THAT STORMED A CASTLE — III—STORY OF THE TANK THAT FOUGHT A RAILROAD ENGINE — IV—STORY OF THE BATTLE MONSTERS AT FALL OF THIEPVAL
25. 25.MY ESCAPE FROM THE TURKS DISGUISED AS A WOMAN — I—"I WAS A RUSSIAN MEDICAL STUDENT IN PALESTINE" — II—"I SAW ARABS AND TURKS ILL-TREAT THE NUNS" — III—"I WAS TAKEN PRISONER TO AN ARAB HUT AT BEERSHEBA" — IV—"MY PLAN TO FLEE OVER SINAI DESERT TO SUEZ CANAL" — V—"I MAKE MY ESCAPE DISGUISED AS A BEDOUIN WOMAN" — VI—"I MEET A PACK OF HUNGRY JACKALS IN THE DESERT" — VII—"TURKISH HORSEMEN FORCE ME BACK ACROSS THE DESERT" — VIII—THE RESCUE—ON AN ITALIAN STEAMER TO EGYPT
26. 26.TALES OF GERMAN AIR RAIDERS OVER LONDON AND PARIS — I—"HOW WE ZEPPELINED THE HEART OF LONDON" — II—HOW IT FEELS TO DROP BOMBS ON PARIS
27. 27.TALES FROM SIBERIA—WHEN THE PRISON DOORS OPENED — I—"RUSSIA IS A REPUBLIC—YOU ARE FREE" — II—STORY OF THE HUSSAR WHO ESCAPED FROM SIBERIA
28. 28.SURVIVORS' STORIES OF SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA — I—STORY OF CAPTAIN W. T. TURNER, COMMANDER OF THE "LUSITANIA" — II—STORY TOLD BY W. B. PHILLIPS, AN AMERICAN PASSENGER — III—STORY OF OLIVER P. BERNARD, AN ENGLISH PASSENGER — IV—STORY TOLD BY GEORGE A. KESSLER, AN AMERICAN PASSENGER — V—STORY OF CHARLES T. JEFFREY, AN AMERICAN PASSENGER — VI—STORY TOLD BY DR. DANIEL V. MOORE, AN AMERICAN PASSENGER — VII—STORY OF FUNERAL OF "LUSITANIA'S" DEAD—TOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS
29. 29.WITH THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE FIELDS OF FRANCE — I—STORY OF LIFE OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER — II—STORY OF A VOLUNTEER IN AMERICAN RED CROSS — III—STORY OF AN AMERICAN ENGINEER IN FRANCE — IV—STORY OF AN AMERICAN WITH A SIEGE BATTERY — V—STORY OF AN AMERICAN AMBULANCE DRIVER AT BATTLEFRONT — VI—STORY OF HOW PERSHING SAW THE GERMANS ATTACK
30. 30.Transcriber's Notes

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