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قراءة كتاب On the right of the British line
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ON THE RIGHT
OF THE BRITISH LINE
ON THE RIGHT
OF THE BRITISH LINE
BY
CAPTAIN GILBERT NOBBS
(LATE L.R.B.)
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1917
Copyright, 1917, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published September, 1917
BESIDES THE MAN WHO FIGHTS
THERE IS THE WOMAN WHO WAITS, AND
IN HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO HER SILENT HEROISM
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
PREFACEToC
This is my first book. It is also my last. But I have a record to make and a duty to perform. I was five weeks on the firing line; four weeks mourned as dead; and three months a prisoner of war.
I have attempted to make a true record of all that happened. The names alone are fictitious (all except that of Saniez), for those days were too full of stirring events which will long live in my memory to need the aid of fiction. If I have dwelt at some length upon my experience in Germany, it is with the hope that the information may be of interest to those who have relatives and friends still in the hands of the enemy and burn to know the truth.
I do not deplore the loss of my sight, for I can say in all sincerity that I was never happier in my life than I am to-day.
G.N.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Fovant ORDERLY ROOM. OFF TO THE FRONT. |
1 |
| II. | The Silent Heroes THE WOMAN WHO WAITS—AND SUFFERS IN SILENCE. |
6 |
| III. | Departure for the Front WATERLOO STATION. LUNCHEON ARGUMENTS. THE BAGGAGE PROBLEM. |
9 |
| IV. | Crossing the Channel THE DOCK PORTER. A WHIFF OF BOND STREET. |
15 |
| V. | Going up the Line PERFIDIOUS GANG-PLANKS. D'ARCY STRANDED. GUIDES WHO CANNOT GUIDE. A HEATED ARGUMENT. |
24 |
| VI. | Rations I LEARN TO HATE FOOD. MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS. |
33 |
| VII. | St. Amand I REPORT AT HEADQUARTERS. THE PROBLEM OF VENTILATION. |
37 |
| VIII. | Early Impressions BILLETS. A STARTLING INCIDENT. REST CAMP. |
41 |
| IX. | Departure for the Somme CORBIE. HAPPY VALLEY. PASSING THROUGH THE GUNS. |
48 |
| X. | Arrival on the Somme FEEDING THE GUNS. SEPTIMUS D'ARCY ARRIVES. A CURIOUS KIT. |
57 |
| XI. | Death Valley MOVING OVER BATTLE-FIELDS. —— BATTALION, LONDON REGIMENT, IN POSSESSION. THE MYSTERY TRENCH. FALFEMONT FARM. |
66 |
| XII. | Out in No Man's Land SUDDEN ORDERS. THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT ADVENTURE. DIGGING IN. |
71 |
| XIII. | A Night of Alarm SEPTIMUS IN A NEW RÔLE. SAVING THE AMMUNITION. THE LAST CARTRIDGE. |
82 |
| XIV. |