The First Hundred Thousand
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Book Description
PUBLISHERS' NOTE THE "Junior Sub," who writes the following account of the experiences of some of the first hundred thousand of Kitchener's army, is, as the title-page of the volume now reveals, Ian Hay Beith, author of those deservedly popular novels, The Right Stuff, A Man's Mant A Safety Match, and Happy-GolIucky. Captain Beith, who was born in 1876 and there.. fore narrowly came within the age...
MorePUBLISHERS' NOTE THE "Junior Sub," who writes the following account of the experiences of some of the first hundred thousand of Kitchener's army, is, as the title-page of the volume now reveals, Ian Hay Beith, author of those deservedly popular novels, The Right Stuff, A Man's Mant A Safety Match, and Happy-GolIucky. Captain Beith, who was born in 1876 and there.. fore narrowly came within the age limit for military service, enlisted at the first outbreak of hostilities in the summer of 1914, and was made a sub .. lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland High .. landers. After training throughout the fall and winter at Aldershot, he accompanied his regiment to the front in April, and, as his narrative discloses, immediately saw some very active service and rapidly rose to the rank of captain. In the offensive of September, Captain Beith's division was badly cut up and seriously reduced in numbers. He has lately been transfetted to a machine-gun division, and "
Table of Contents
nOOK ONE; BLANK CARTRIDGES; o; _II THE DAILY GRIND o o; o 3; 7; III GROWING PAINS 14; IV THE CONVERSION OF PRIVATE MtSLATrERY 19; v "CRIME" o o 25; VI THE LAWS OF THE MEDEq AND PERSIANS 37; VII SHOOTING STRAIGHT o o; VIne BILLETS o o o o o; IX MID-CHANNEL o o o; X DEEDS OF DARKNESS o o; XI OLYMPUS; XII o oo AND BOME FELL BY THE WAYSIDE o; XIII CONCERT PITCH; BOOK TWO; LIVE ROUNDS; XlV THE BACK OF THE FRONT; o; o o; 53; 83; 95; 107; 132; 149; 164; 181; XV IN THE TRENCHES - AN OFF-DAY 200; XVI llnIRTY WORK AT THE CROSS-ROADS TONIGHT"; 214; XVII THE NEW WARFARE 228; XVIII THE FRONT OF THE FRONT 238; XIX THE TRIVIAL nOUND; xx THE GATHERING OF THE EAGLES o; LXI THE BATTLE OF THE SLAG-HEAPS
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