 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1916 - 790 pagine
...troops, artillery, and munitions being rushed through to the front, and the consequent wild rumours of great attacks and victories. Curiously enough,...are the all-essential things. The wounded are the deckels, the ' has-beens,' and so must take second place. But the French are too gallant and tender-hearted... | |
 | 1916 - 418 pagine
...the driver to decide how many trips it was physically possible for him to make in each twenty -four hours. There were more wounded than could be carried,...are the all-essential things. The wounded are the d6chets, the "has-beens," and so must take second place. But the French are too gallant and tender-hearted... | |
 | Edwin Wilson Morse - 1918 - 332 pagine
...and again some one would say, "Hee, hee, Ambulance Americaine," or "Yes, Ingliish, good-bye." . . . At about six in the evening we reached our destination...Germans turning hell loose with their heavy guns. XVIII WILLIAM BARBER'S M^DAILLE MILITAIRE BEGINNING on February 21, 1916, the battle for Verdun, with... | |
 | Edwin Wilson Morse - 1922 - 316 pagine
...and again some one would say, "Hee, hee, Ambulance Americaine," or "Yes, Ingliish, good-bye." . . . At about six in the evening we reached our destination...Germans turning hell loose with their heavy guns. XVIII WILLIAM BARBER'S MtfDAILLE MILITAIRE BEGINNING on February 21, 1916, the battle for Verdun, with... | |
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At about six in the evening we reached our destination some forty miles north-east of Bar-le-Duc. The little village where we stopped had been a railroad centre until the day before, when the Germans started bombarding it. Now the town was evacuated,... 