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A Soldiers Sketches Under Fire

AUTHOR: Harold Harvey
FIRST PUB.: 1916
THIS EDITION: 2009

CD-ROM £10.00
 

65 page book with 42 line-drawing illustrations, supplied as a PDF document on CD-ROM.

CONTENTS:

ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT.

I.— FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO MALTA p.2
II.— FROM MALTA TO MARSEILLES p.9
III.— FROM MARSEILLES TO ARMENTIÈRES p.12

AT THE FRONT.

IV.— SOME SAMPLE EXCITEMENTS OF LIFE IN THE TRENCHES p.20
V.— THE LIGHTER SIDE OF TRENCH LIFE p.32
VI.— THE "MAKE" OF A BRITISH TRENCH p.40
VII.— THE RUSE OF A GERMAN SNIPER p.45
VIII.— THREE DEATH TRAPS p.48
IX.— GERMAN BEASTS IN A FRENCH CONVENT p.54
X.— ANOTHER SCENE OF BOCHE BRUTALITY p.56
XI.— THE TRICK THAT DIDN'T TRICK US p.58
XII.— THE BARRED ROAD TO CALAIS p.63

SKETCHES:

PRIVATE HAROLD HARVEY
ABOARD THE TRANSPORT
BIVOUAC AT MALTA
CASEMENT GARDENS, MALTA
SERGEANTS' MESS
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, MALTA
ON THE QUAYHEAD AT MARSEILLES
QUAYSIDE, MARSEILLES
FORTY PASSENGERS IN EACH CATTLE TRUCK
A WASH AND A WAIT
"DOOMSDAY BOOK": A FRENCH LESSON IN A CATTLE TRUCK
LADY ANGELA FORBES'S SOLDIERS' HOME AT ETAPLES
ROAD TO THE TRENCHES
MY SKETCH-BOOK
MAP: LA BASSÉE-ST. JULIEN
OUTSKIRTS OF A VILLAGE
MY FIRST SNIPING-PLACE
CAPTURED GERMAN TRENCH
THE WOODCUTTER'S HUT
TYPICAL FIGURES AND FIGURE-HEADS
"HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE"
"DIRTY DICK'S"
"ENTRENCHING" THE PIANO
"SEVENTY-FIVE HOTEL"
CHICKEN FARM
A FRENCH COMRADE-COMEDIAN
A TRENCH SNIPER, RESTING
A TRAVERSE
THE BIRTH-PLACE OF A SONG
TRENCH PERISCOPE IN USE
"THE WHITE FARM"
A GERMAN SNIPER'S NEST
"SUICIDE BRIDGE"
"SUICIDE SIGNAL BOX"
A GHASTLY PROMENADE
THE HOLE IN THE WALL
A VIOLATED CONVENT
WHERE GERMANS RAPED AND MURDERED
"THE BLACK HOLE"
THE BLACK TOWER
WHERE THE TRAP WAS SET
"GOLGOTHA"