The White Road of Mystery: The Note-Book of an American AmbulancierOrcutt, Philip Dana
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The White Road of Mystery: The Note-Book of an American Ambulancier
Orcutt, Philip Dana
American Field Service; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
ESTAMINET _café_
MAJOR _army surgeon_
MALADE _sick man_
MARÉCHAL DES LOGIS _French petty officer_
MAUVAIS TEMPS _rainy season_
MÉDAILLE MILITAIRE _military medal_
MINNIEWERFER _German trench mortar_
MORT HOMME _Dead Man’s Hill_
MUSETTE _haversack_
PELOTON _section_
PERMISSION _furlough_
PERMISSIONNAIRE _man on furlough_
PINARD _wine_
PIONNIER _a branch of the
Engineers_
POSTE DE SECOURS _front dressing station
for wounded_
RAVITAILLEMENT _provisioning_
RÉFORMÉ _soldier discharged on
account of wounds_
ROLL _to drive_
RÔTI _shell which does not
explode_
SAUCISSE _observation balloon_
SOIXANTE-QUINZE _75 mm. shell_
SOUS-CHEF _second lieutenant_
STRAF _to shell_ (literally,
_to curse_)
TIR DE BARRAGE _barrage fire_
TORPILLE _trench mortar shell_
VERBOTEN _forbidden_
VILLE HAUTE _upper city_
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● Transcriber’s Notes:
○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
when a predominant form was found in this book.
○ Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_).
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