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قراءة كتاب Bullets & Billets
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Bullets & Billets
By Bruce Bairnsfather
1916
TO MY OLD PALS,
"BILL," "BERT," AND "ALF,"
WHO HAVE SAT IN THE MUD WITH ME
CONTENTS
CHAPTER V My man Friday—"Chuck us the biscuits"—Relieved—Billets.
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 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?
First Fragment dispatched—The exodus—Where?
CHAPTER XVII Wulverghem—The Douve—Corduroy boards—Back at our farm.
CHAPTER XIX Visions of leave—Dick Turpin—Leave!
CHAPTER XXI Back from leave—That "blinkin' moon"—Johnson 'oles—Tommy
and "frightfulness"—Exploring expedition.
and "frightfulness"—Exploring expedition.
CHAPTER XXIII Our moated farm—Wulverghem—The Curé's house—A shattered
Church—More "heavies"—A farm on fire.
Church—More "heavies"—A farm on fire.
CHAPTER XXIV That ration fatigue—Sketches in request—Bailleul—Baths and
lunatics—How to conduct a war.
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.
march—Spotted fever—Ten days' rest.
CHAPTER XXVII Getting fit—Caricaturing the Curé—"Dirty work ahead"—A
projected attack—Unlooked-for orders.
projected attack—Unlooked-for orders.