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Title: "Contemptible"
Author: "Casualty"
Release Date: April 2, 2006 [EBook #18103]
Language: English
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"CONTEMPTIBLE"
SOLDIERS' TALES OF THE GREAT WAR
Each volume cr. 8vo, cloth.
I. WITH MY REGIMENT. By "Platoon Commander."
II. DIXMUDE. The Epic of the French Marines. Oct.-Nov. 1914. By
Charles le Goffic. _Illustrated_
III. IN THE FIELD (1914-15). The Impressions of an Officer of Light
Cavalry.
IV. UNCENSORED LETTERS FROM THE DARDANELLES. Notes of a French Army
Doctor. _Illustrated_
V. PRISONER OF WAR. By Andre Warnod. _Illustrated_
VI. "CONTEMPTIBLE." By "Casualty."
VII. ON THE ANZAC TRAIL. By "Anzac."
Philadelphia J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY London: WILLIAM
HEINEMANN
"CONTEMPTIBLE"
BY
"CASUALTY"
Philadelphia: J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
London: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
MCMXVI
_Printed in Great Britain._
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I LEAVING ENGLAND 1
II CALM BEFORE THE STORM 10
III THE ADVANCE TO MONS 14
IV MONS 21
V THE BEGINNING OF THE RETREAT 27
VI DARKNESS 34
VII VENEROLLES 39
VIII ST. QUENTIN AND LA FERE 44
IX SIR JOHN FRENCH 51
X A PAUSE, AND MORE MARCHING 55
XI A REAR-GUARD ACTION 62
XII VILLIERS-COTTERETS 66
XIII HEAT AND DUST 74
XIV THE OCCUPATION OF VILLIERS 78
XV THE LAST LAP 86
XVI THE TURN OF THE TIDE 95
XVII THE ADVANCE BEGINS 98
XVIII THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE 104
XIX AN ADV
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