Bullets And Billets
FOREWORD.
CHAPTER I. LANDING AT HAVRE—TORTONI'S—FOLLOW THE
TRAM LINES—ORDERS FOR THE FRONT
CHAPTER II. TORTUOUS TRAVELLING—CLIPPERS AND
TABLETS—DUMPED AT A SIDING—I JOIN MY BATTALION
CHAPTER III. THOSE PLUGSTREET TRENCHES—MUD AND
RAIN—FLOODED OUT—A HOPELESS DAWN
CHAPTER IV. MORE MUD—RAIN AND BULLETS—A BIT OF
CAKE—“WIND UP”—NIGHT ROUNDS
CHAPTER V. MY MAN FRIDAY—“CHUCK US THE
BISCUITS”—RELIEVED—BILLETS
CHAPTER VI. THE TRANSPORT FARM—FLEECED BY THE
FLEMISH—RIDING—NEARING CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER VII. A PROJECTED ATTACK—-DIGGING A SAP—
AN 'ELL OF A NIGHT—THE ATTACK— PUNCTURING PRUSSIANS
CHAPTER VIII. CHRISTMAS EVE——A LULL IN HATE—
BRITON CUM BOCHE
CHAPTER IX. SOUVENIRS—A RIDE TO NIEPPE—TEA AT
H.Q.—TRENCHES ONCE MORE
CHAPTER X. MY PARTIAL ESCAPE FROM THE MUD—THE
DESERTED VILLAGE—MY “COTTAGE”
CHAPTER XI. STOCKTAKING—FORTIFYING—NEBULOUS
FRAGMENTS
CHAPTER XII. A BRAIN WAVE—MAKING A “FUNK HOLE"
—PLUGSTREET WOOD—SNIPING
CHAPTER XIII. ROBINSON CRUSOE—THAT TURBULENT
TABLE
CHAPTER XIV. THE AMPHIBIANS—FED UP, BUT
DETERMINED —THE GUN PARAPET
CHAPTER XV. ARRIVAL OF THE “JOHNSONS”—“WHERE DID
THAT ONE GO?”—THE FIRST FRAGMENT DISPATCHED—THE EXODUS—WHERE?
CHAPTER XVI. NEW TRENCHES—THE NIGHT INSPECTION—
LETTER FROM THE “BYSTANDER”
CHAPTER XVII. WULVERGHEM—THE DOUVE—CORDUROY
BOARDS—BACK AT OUR FARM
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PAINTER AND
DECORATOR—FRAGMENTS FORMING—NIGHT ON THE MUD PRAIRIE
CHAPTER XIX. VISIONS OF LEAVE—DICK TURPIN—LEAVE!
CHAPTER XX. THAT LEAVE TRAIN—MY OLD PAL—LONDON
AND HOME—THE CALL OF THE WILD
CHAPTER XXI. BACK FROM LEAVE—THAT “BLINKIN' MOON"
—JOHNSON 'OLES—TOMMY AND “FRIGHTFULNESS” —EXPLORING EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXII. A DAYLIGHT STALK—THE DISUSED
TRENCH— “DID THEY SEE ME?”—A GOOD SNIPING POSITION
CHAPTER XXIII. OUR MOATED FARM—WULVERGHEM—THE
CURE'S HOUSE—A SHATTERED CHURCH —MORE “HEAVIES”—A FARM ON FIRE
CHAPTER XXIV. THAT RATION FATIGUE——SKETCHES IN
REQUEST—BAILLEUL—BATHS AND LUNATICS—HOW TO CONDUCT A WAR
CHAPTER XXV. GETTING STALE—LONGING FOR CHANGE—
WE LEAVE THE DOUVE—ON THE MARCH— SPOTTED FEVER—TEN DAYS' REST
CHAPTER XXVI. A PLEASANT CHANGE—SUZETTE, BERTHE
AND MARTHE—“LA JEUNE FILLE FAROUCHE”—ANDRE
CHAPTER XXVII. GETTING FIT—CARICATURING THE
CURE— “DIRTY WORK AHEAD”—A PROJECTED ATTACK—UNLOOKED-FOR ORDERS
CHAPTER XXVIII. WE MARCH FOR YPRES—HALT AT
LOCRE—A BLEAK CAMP AND MEAGRE FARE—SIGNS OF BATTLE—FIRST VIEW OF
YPRES
CHAPTER XXIX. GETTING NEARER——A LUGUBRIOUS
PARTY—STILL NEARER—BLAZING YPRES—ORDERS FOR ATTACK
CHAPTER XXX. RAIN AND MUD—A TRYING MARCH—IN THE
THICK OF IT—A WOUNDED OFFICER—HEAVY SHELLING—I GET MY “QUIETUS!”
CHAPTER XXXI. SLOWLY RECOVERING—FIELD
HOSPITAL—AMBULANCE TRAIN—BACK IN ENGLAND
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