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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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
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives
=MY VISIT TO KING ALBERT--THE KING WHOSE THRONE IS
THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE= 8
"I AM BOUND ON A MISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
FRANCE"
Told by Pierre Loti
(Permission of J. B. Lippincott Company)
="VIVE LA FRANCE"--HOW THEY DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY= 23
LAST MESSAGES OF FRENCH SOLDIERS
Told by Rene Bazin
(Permission of Current History)
=FOR GOD AND ITALY--BREATHING DEATH WITH THE ITALIANS= 29
"WHERE MINUTES ARE ETERNAL"
Told by Gabriele D'Annunzio
(Permission of London Telegraph)
=THE BLOOD OF THE RUSSIANS IN FIGHT FOR LIBERTY= 36
"THE DESERTED BATTLEFIELDS I HAVE SEEN"
Told by Count Ilya Tolstoy
(Permission of Current History)
=MY EXPERIENCES IN THE WAR HOSPITALS OF RUMANIA= 44
THE HORRORS OF THE LITTLE BALKAN KINGDOM
Told by Queen Marie of Rumania
(Permission of Philadelphia Public Ledger)
="WITH THE GERMAN ARMIES IN THE WEST"--VISITS TO
THE GENERAL STAFF= 49
Told by Sven Hedin
(Permission of John Lane Company)
="THE FIRST HUNDRED THOUSAND"--WITH KITCHENER'S
ARMY IN FRANCE= 73
STORIES STRAIGHT FROM THE TRENCHES
Told by Captain Ian Hay Beith
(Permission of Houghton, Mifflin and Company)
=SOME EXPERIENCES IN HUNGARY= 97
IN THE PALACE OF PRINCE AND PRINCESS K----
Told by Mina Macdonald
(Permission of Longmans, Green and Company)
="FORCED TO FIGHT"--THE TALE OF A SCHLESWIG DANE= 117
"WHAT MY EYES WITNESSED IN EAST PRUSSIA"
Told by Eric Erichsen
(Permission of Robert M. McBride and Company)
="ADVENTURES OF A DESPATCH RIDER"= 133
AN OXFORD MAN WITH THE MOTORCYCLISTS
Told by Capt. W. H. L. Watson
(Permission of Dodd, Mead and Company)
=WITH A B.-P. SCOUT IN GALLIPOLI--ON THE TURKISH FRONTIER= 155
A RECORD OF THE BELTON BULLDOGS
Told by Edmund Yerbury Priestman
(Permission of E. P. Dutton and Company)
="IN THE FIELD"--THE STORIES OF THE FRENCH CHASSEURS= 165
IMPRESSIONS OF AN OFFICER OF LIGHT CAVALRY
Told by Lieut. Marcel Dupont
(Permission of J. B. Lippincott Company)
="FIELD HOSPITAL AND FLYING COLUMN"--IN RUSSIA= 181
JOURNAL OF AN ENGLISH NURSING SISTER
Told by Violetta Thurston
(Permission of G. P. Putnam's Sons)
=AN UNCENSORED DIARY--FROM THE CENTRAL EMPIRES= 192
AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN COPENHAGEN
Told by Ernesta Drinker Bullitt
(Permission of Doubleday, Page and Company)
="A STUDENT IN ARMS"--IN THE RANKS WITH KITCHENER'S ARMY= 209
RESURRECTION OF THE SOUL ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Told by Donald Hankey
(Permission of E. P. Dutton and Company)
="THE RED HORIZON"--STORIES OF THE LONDON IRISH= 217
THE MAN WITH THE ROSARY
Told by Patrick MacGill
(Permission of George H. Doran Company)
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