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قراءة كتاب G. H. Q. (Montreuil-Sur-Mer) by "G.S.O."
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G. H. Q.
(MONTREUIL-SUR-MER).
G. H. Q.
(MONTREUIL-SUR-MER)
WITH A MAP AND THIRTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON:
PHILIP ALLAN & CO.,
QUALITY COURT, CHANCERY LANE, W.C.
1920.
PRINTED BY
WHITEHEAD BROS., WOLVERHAMPTON.
TO
THE PEOPLE AT HOME
WHOSE UNBENDING RESOLUTION
AND UNGRUDGING GENEROSITY
UPHELD THE SOLDIERS' CONFIDENCE
THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY
DEDICATED BY THE
AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I.—Before G.H.Q. went to Montreuil | 1 |
| The first stages of the War—"Trench War," a good German | |
| invention—The Battle of Eyes—Waiting for the Big | |
| Push—The Loos disappointment—Moving G.H.Q. to Montreuil. | |
| II.—Montreuil and the Montreuillois | 16 |
| How the Montreuillois once learned to hate the English—Early | |
| history of the famous town—Its link with the early Roman-British | |
| Empire—A border town in the Anglo-French Wars—When G.H.Q. | |
| was bombed. | |
| III.—G.H.Q. at Work | 29 |
| The Functions of G.H.Q.—The varying conditions to be met—The | |
| working hours—The organisation of a branch—The Chief's | |
| system. | |
| IV.—G.H.Q. at Play | 47 |
| The walks on the Ramparts—The "Monks" of Montreuil had little time | |
| for sport—Precautions against "joy-riding"—The jolly | |
| Officers' Club—Watching the Map—Ladies at G.H.Q. | |
| V.—The Munitions of the War | 66 |
| The Shell shortage—When relief came—The dramatic | |
| Tanks—Bombs—Some ammunition figures—The ingenious | |
| inventor. | |
| VI.—The Medical Services | 80 |
| The magic-workers of the war—Fighting the Germans—Concerning | |
| the Victorian primness of conversation and the present popularity of | |
| "v.d." as a theme for small talk—The Army and "v.d."—The | |
| etiquette of hospitals and the ways of matrons—The war against | |
| Trench Feet—Mustard gas in 1918. | |
| VII.—The Animals of the Force | 98 |
| A happy lot—The mud season in Flanders—The effects of | |
| mustard gas—The character of the mule—Forage | |
| difficulties—The French object to our horse ration—The | |
| Americans side with us—The animal record in 1918. | |
| VIII.—The Financial Services | 116 |
| The generosity of the British People—G.H.Q. was not a | |
| spendthrift—The Pay system—Curiosities of banking in the | |
| field—Claims of the civilian inhabitants—The looted rabbit. | |
| IX.—The Economy Services | 129 |
| What the German submarines taught us—The Salvage | |
| Organisation—O.C. Rags, Bones and Swill—Agriculture's good | |
| work and hard luck—The Forestry Directorate—Soldiers learn | |
| economy in a stern school. | |
| X.—The Comforts of the Force—Spiritual and Other | 144 |
| The Padres—The semi-religious organisations—E.F.C. | |
| Comforts—Studying the Fighting man—The Great Beer Save. | |
| XI.—The Labour Auxiliaries | 155 |