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Title: In the Field (1914-1915)
The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry

Author: Marcel Dupont

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Language: English

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IN THE FIELD (1914-1915)

The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry

by

MARCEL DUPONT

Translated by H. W. Hill

London
William Heinemann
London: William Heinemann, 1916.

TO

GENERAL CHERFILS

A TRIBUTE OF

SINCERE GRATITUDE

PREFACE

In the following pages the reader will find no tactical studies, no
military criticism, no vivid picture of a great battle. I have merely
tried to make a written record of some of the hours I have lived
through during the course of this war. A modest Lieutenant of
Chasseurs, I cannot claim to form any opinion as to the operations
which have been carried out for the last nine months on an immense
front. I only speak of things I have seen with my own eyes, in the
little corner of the battlefield occupied by my regiment.

It occurred to me that if I should come out of