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قراءة كتاب On the King's Service: Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms
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On the King's Service: Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms
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ON THE
KING'S SERVICE
Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms
BY THE REV.
INNES LOGAN, M.A.
CHAPLAIN TO THE FORCES
SEPT. 1914-MAY 1916
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
MCMXVII
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
MCMXVII
TO MY WIFE
This little book is written as a slight tribute of love and respect for those with whom the writer had, for over twenty months, the honour of association.
United Free Church of Scotland Manse, Braemar.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | ||
| MUSTERING MEN | ||
| PAGE | ||
| I. | THOSE GAUNT UNLOVELY BUILDINGS | 3 |
| II. | WHY THE FIRST HUNDRED THOUSAND ENLISTED | 7 |
| III. | UBIQUE | 10 |
| CHAPTER II | ||
| A REINFORCEMENTS CAMP | ||
| I. | THE SUNNY VALLEY | 19 |
| II. | THE MAN FROM SKYE | 22 |
| III. | 'YOU CAN HEAR THEM NOW' | 26 |
| CHAPTER III | ||
| A CLEARING STATION WHEN THERE IS 'NOTHING TO REPORT' | ||
| I. | FROM PARAPET TO BASE | 33 |
| II. | 'DO YOU THINK THAT SORT OF THING MATTERS NOW?' | 45 |
| III. | THE NAME OF JESUS | 50 |
| CHAPTER IV | ||
| THE AFTERMATH OF LOOS | ||
| I. | THE FLAVOUR OF VICTORY | 57 |
| II. | DOUBTS AND FEARS | 63 |
| III. | OUR SHARE OF THE FIFTY THOUSAND | 69 |
| CHAPTER V | ||
| DUMBARTON'S DRUMS | ||
| I. | BACK AGAIN! | 79 |
| II. | THE FIRST SHOCK OF WAR | 81 |
| III. | AT THE NOSE OF THE SALIENT | 88 |
| CHAPTER VI | ||
| WINTER WARFARE | ||
| I. | THE SHELL AREA | 95 |
| II. | 'I HATE WAR: THAT IS WHY I AM FIGHTING' | 103 |
| III. | BILLETS AND CAMPS | 106 |
| CHAPTER VII | ||
| HOW THE ROYALS HELD THE BLUFF: AN EPISODE OF TRENCH WARFARE | ||
| I. | WAITING | 117 |
| II. | THE BLUFF | 125 |
| III. | 'WE'VE KEEPIT UP THE REPUTATION O' THE AULD MOB, ONYWAY' | 128 |
| CHAPTER VIII | ||
| THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE |