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A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire

by Harvey Harold

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Illustrated. Formatted for the Kindle. Linked Contents.CONTENTSForenote ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT.ChapterI. — From Southampton to MaltaII. — From Malta to MarseillesIII. — From Marseilles to Armentières AT THE FRONT.ChapterIV. — Some Sample Excitements of Life in the TrenchesV. — The Lighter Side of Trench LifeVI. — The "Make" of a British TrenchVII. — The Ruse of a German SniperVIII. — Three Death TrapsIX. — German Beasts in a French ConventX. — Another Scene of Boche BrutalityXI. — The Trick that Didn't Trick usXII. — The Barred Road to CalaisSKETCHESPrivate Harold Harvey FrontispieceAboard the TransportBivouac at MaltaCasement Gardens, MaltaSergeants' MessOrdnance Department, MaltaOn the Quayhead at MarseillesQuayside, MarseillesForty Passengers in each Cattle TruckA Wash and a Wait"Doomsday Book": a French Lesson in a Cattle TruckLady Angela Forbes's Soldiers' Home at EtaplesRoad to the TrenchesMy Sketch-BookMap: La Bassée-St. JulienOutskirts of a VillageMy First Sniping-PlaceCaptured German TrenchThe Woodcutter's HutTypical Figures and Figure-Heads"Hammersmith Bridge""Dirty Dick's""Entrenching" the Piano"Seventy-Five Hotel"Chicken FarmA French Comrade-ComedianA Trench Sniper, RestingA TraverseThe Birth-Place of a SongTrench Periscope in Use"The White Farm"A German Sniper's Nest"Suicide Bridge""Suicide Signal Box"A Ghastly PromenadeThe Hole in the WallA Violated ConventWhere Germans Raped and Murdered"The Black Hole"The Black TowerWhere the Trap was Set"Golgotha"

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...WAIT"DOOMSDAY BOOK": A FRENCH LESSON IN A CATTLE TRUCKLADY ANGELA FORBES'S SOLDIERS' HOME AT ETAPLESROAD TO THE TRENCHESMY SKETCH-BOOKMAP: LA BASSÉE-ST. JULIENOUTSKIRTS OF A VILLAGEMY FIRST SNIPING-PLACECAPTURED GERMAN TRENCHTHE WOODCUTTER'S HUTTYPICAL FIGURES AND FIGURE-HEADS"HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE""DIRTY DICK'S""ENTRENCHING" THE PIANO"SEVENTY-FIVE HOTEL"CHICKEN FARMA FRENCH COMRADE-COMEDIANA TRENCH SNIPER, RESTINGA TRAVERSETHE BIRTH-PLACE OF A SONGTRENCH PERISCOPE IN USE"THE WHITE FARM"A GERMAN SNIPER'S NEST"SUICIDE BRIDGE""SUICIDE SIGNAL BOX"A GHASTLY PROMENADETHE HOLE IN THE WALLA VIOLATED CONVENTWHERE GERMANS RAPED AND MURDERED"THE BLACK HOLE"THE BLACK TOWERWHERE THE TRAP WAS SET"GOLGOTHA"PART I. ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT. A SOLDIER'S SKETCHES UNDER FIRE. INTRODUCTORY. ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT. CHAPTER I. FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO MALTA. [Illustration]On the outbreak of the war I joined the Royal Fusiliers, uninfluenced bythe appeal of wall-posters or the blandishments of a recruitingsergeant....