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Excerpt from La BoueLa silhouette maigre du sergent se dresse à quelques pas, noire dans la clarté lunaire. Elle se penche vers l'ombre où je suis encore, et tend vers moi un bras très long, comme une perche vers un nageur exténué.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state...
Excerpt from Sous Verdun: Août-Octobre 1914Or un événement comme cette guerre vaut que nous le connaissions dans toute sa vérité.Le régiment est en marche, à' la tombée du jour, il traverse un village: L'entrée du village, presque un hameau, était obstruée de voitures, de charmes, de grands râteaux à foin qu'on a tirés sur les côtés. Silencieux, 'nous passons devant les masures effondr{ées. Plus rien que des pans de murs, des cheminées tortues...
Excerpt from Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914In the first place, the writer is endowed with astonish ing powers of observation, he sees all in a glance, he hears everything. The intense power of concentration he possesses enables him instantly to seize upon all essentials of a particular incident or scene, and so to harmonize them as to produce a picture true to life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare ...
Excerpt from Sous Verdun: Août-Octobre 1914Or un événement comme cette guerre vaut que nous le connaissions dans toute sa vérité.Le régiment est en marche, à' la tombée du jour, il traverse un village: L'entrée du village, presque un hameau, était obstruée de voitures, de charmes, de grands râteaux à foin qu'on a tirés sur les côtés. Silencieux, 'nous passons devant les masures effondr{ées. Plus rien que des pans de murs, des cheminées tortues...
Excerpt from La Boue
La silhouette maigre du sergent se dresse à quelques pas, noire dans la clarté lunaire. Elle se penche vers l'ombre où je suis encore, et tend vers moi un bras très long, comme une perche vers un nageur exténué.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books us...
Excerpt from Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914
In the first place, the writer is endowed with astonish ing powers of observation, he sees all in a glance, he hears everything. The intense power of concentration he possesses enables him instantly to seize upon all essentials of a particular incident or scene, and so to harmonize them as to produce a picture true to life.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of...
The Shelf2Life WWI Memoirs Collection is an engaging set of pre-1923 materials that describe life during the Great War through memoirs, letters and diaries. Poignant personal narratives from soldiers, doctors and nurses on the front lines to munitions workers and land girls on the home front, offer invaluable insight into the sacrifices men and women made for their country. Photographs and illustrations intensify stories of struggle and surviv...
The Shelf2Life WWI Memoirs Collection is an engaging set of pre-1923 materials that describe life during the Great War through memoirs, letters and diaries. Poignant personal narratives from soldiers, doctors and nurses on the front lines to munitions workers and land girls on the home front, offer invaluable insight into the sacrifices men and women made for their country. Photographs and illustrations intensify stories of struggle and surviv...
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