"And they thought we wouldn't fight"Gibbons, Floyd Phillips
History
"And they thought we wouldn't fight"
Gibbons, Floyd Phillips
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives
pg. xv - "citatation" to "citation" (he received a citation)
pg. 38 - "tatooed" to "tattooed" (tattooed arms of the)
pg. 50 - "Harboard" to "Harbord" (4) (Brigadier General Harbord)
pg. 73 - "practise" to "practice" (9), (began to practice)
pg. 99 - "surpised" to "surprised" (I was not surprised)
pg. 107 - "dicharge" to "discharge" (signal for the discharge)
pg. 139 - "aves-vous" to "avez-vous" (3) (Aves-vous de chevaux?)
pg. 143 - "Nicholas" to "Nicolas" (2) (Saint-Nicolas-du-Port)
pg. 157 - "milimetre" to "millimetre" (2), (battery of 150 millimetre)
pg. 208 - "Ukelele" to "Ukulele" (tending the Ukulele crop)
pg. 222 - "perigrinations" to "peregrinations" (trace the
peregrinations)
pg. 248 - "harrassed" to "harassed" (harassed the road intersections)
pg. 315 - "ricochetted" to "ricocheted" (had ricocheted upward)
pg. 346 - "desposit" to "deposit" (would solemnly deposit)
pg. 349 - "McDougal" to "MacDougal" (7), (MacDougal then began)
pg. 365 - "turrent" to "turret" (the tank's turret)
pg. 367 - "blow" to "blown" (trunks were blown high)
pg. 376 - "barracades" to "barricades" (built barracades across)
pg. 382 - "distingushed" to "distinguished" (that so distinguished
itself)
pg. 383 - "reconnaisance" to "reconnaissance" (2), (making a
reconnaissance).
pg. 391 - "knowng" to "knowing" (knowing at the time)
11. 17 hyphenation, Capitalization or diacritical accent corrections made
as follows:
pg. xi - "ARMEES" to "ARMEES" (2) (DES ARMEES DU NORD) - Fr.
pg. 24 - "victrola" to "Victrola" ( a cabinet Victrola) - Trademark
pg. 88 - "coryphees" to "coryphees" (male coryphees who hold) - Fr.
pg. 88 - "under-sized" to "undersized" (2), (toughest set of
undersized)
pg. 111 - "zigzagging" to "zig-zagging" (3) (through zig-zagging
avenues)
pg. 183 - "hand grenades" to "hand-grenades" (2), (post with
hand-grenades)
pg. 194 - "counter-battery" to "counter battery" (3) (casual counter
battery work)
pg. 232 - "debris" to "debris" (4) (person in the debris)
pg. 251 - "debris" to "debris (4) (the debris ceased falling)
pg. 269 - "tricolour" to "tri-colour" (2) (of the French tri-colour)
pg. 274 - "Americains" to "Americains" (les bons Americains) - Fr.
pg. 307 - "Chatel" to "Chatel" (La Voie du Chatel) - Fr.
pg. 367 - "dug-outs" to "dugouts" (10), (crushed the enemy dugouts)
pg. 370 - "t'-ell" to "t'ell" (Allay veet t'ell outer here), as on pg.
275.
pg. 373 - "dug-out" to "dugout" (24), (in a dugout with)
pg. 383 - "Thibault" to "Thiebault" (9) (east of St. Thiebault)
pg. 385 - "country-side" to "countryside" (5), (no fairer countryside)
12. List of same word variations appearing in this text which have been
retained.
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