In the Line of Battle: Soldiers' Stories of the War
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In the Line of Battle: Soldiers' Stories of the War
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives
AN ANZAC’S ADVENTURES 62
TROOPER RUPERT HENDERSON, 6th Australian Light
Horse.
CHAPTER VI
”IMPERISHABLE GLORY” FOR THE KENSINGTONS 80
----, 13th (Kensington) Battalion London Regiment.
CHAPTER VII
TEN MONTHS IN THE FIGHTING-LINE 94
PRIVATE FREDERICK WOODS, 1st Battalion Royal Irish
Fusiliers.
CHAPTER VIII
A GUNNER AT THE DARDANELLES 114
GUNNER JOHN EVANS, 92nd Battery Royal Field Artillery.
CHAPTER IX
THE “FLOOD” 130
CORPORAL GUY SILK, 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
CHAPTER X
THE BELGIANS’ FIGHT WITH GERMAN HOSTS 133
SOLDAT FRANÇOIS ROMBOUTS, 8th Regiment of the Line,
Belgian Army.
CHAPTER XI
A BLINDED PRISONER OF THE TURKS 148
PRIVATE DAVID MELLING, 1/8th Battalion Lancashire
Fusiliers.
CHAPTER XII
HOW THE “FORMIDABLE” WAS LOST 160
WILLIAM EDWARD FRANCIS, Stoker.
CHAPTER XIII
A TROOPER’S TALE 171
TROOPER NOTLEY, 5th Dragoon Guards.
CHAPTER XIV
A DIARIST UNDER FIRE 180
PRIVATE CHARLES HILLS, 2nd Battalion Australian
Infantry.
CHAPTER XV
A STRETCHER-BEARER AT LOOS 196
PRIVATE HAROLD EDWARDS, D.C.M., 1st Battalion South
Staffordshire Regiment.
CHAPTER XVI
A FUSILIER IN FRANCE 205
PRIVATE FRED. KNOTT, Royal Fusiliers.
CHAPTER XVII
THE DAILY ROUND 216
A Subaltern’s Diary.
CHAPTER XVIII
SAVING THE SOLDIER 230
DR. WILFRED T. GRENFELL, C.M.G.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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“SEVERAL VILLAGES ... HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN
THE INTERESTS OF OUR DEFENCE....” _Frontispiece_
CHOCOLATE HILL 4
THE WONDERFUL WATER SUPPLY AT THE DARDANELLES 12
A BRITISH SOLDIER HELPING A WOUNDED GERMAN
PRISONER INTO A CONVEYANCE 24
BRITISH SOLDIERS CHARGING THROUGH A SMOKE-CLOUD 33
A VIEW OF “V” BEACH, TAKEN FROM THE “RIVER CLYDE” 43
ANZACS AT SUVLA BAY 62
THE DARDANELLES: CARRYING WOUNDED TO A HOSPITAL SHIP 74
FIELD ARTILLERY NEAR YPRES 80
ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS IN TRENCHES IN GALLIPOLI 94
“W” BEACH, SHOWING CAPE HELLAS 114
DEVASTATION IN BELGIUM: RUINS IN THE FLOODS OF YSER 133
TURKISH PRISONERS MARCHING DOWN A GULLY IN GALLIPOLI 158
BRITISH CAVALRY AT THE FRONT 172
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