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  Punch"--Tommy''s Deep-rooted Religion--Courage of Chaplains--A Shell in His Back--Stories of Christian Soldiers--First Clergyman Soldier to Die--Driver Osborne--A Church Parade of Four--"Tell


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id: 16460
title: From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa
author: Sellers, William E.
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  A Story of Christian Work among our Troops in South Africa men, and the work of God went on, comrade winning comrade to Christ, so The soldiers and man-of-war''s men of John Wesley''s time came in large In a nullah in far-away South Africa lay about a dozen wounded men. all sorts of good things for the men who had to travel on Christmas Day. Another gentleman accidentally heard that a certain train was going to These tents became the Soldiers'' Homes, and are free to men of all That night, so far as possible, the chaplains gathered their men round But Lord Roberts is not only a Christian man, he is a great soldier. said, "God bless you dear men for coming out here to care for us, and to work, for at no other time can he get so many of his men around him; and


id: 16089
title: The War on All Fronts: England''s Effort Letters to an American Friend
author: Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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  the employment of women on a vast scale to do the work that only men had Mrs. Ward does not fail to do full justice to the working men of Great mischief, whatever it was, was quickly cured, and in one factory that Mrs. Ward names, "men and women soon began to do their best. of women into all these works of men, especially in the munition teaching the rising army of women their work, and making new and firm impetus of war; but men and women, employers and employed, shaken perforce Army, and the skilled man for work which women cannot do, Great Britain war some million and a quarter of men have passed through the great camp, "effort" of Great Britain in this world war, what this country is doing in before; and it has tested the British war-machine--the new Armies and the


id: 15972
author: Jacson, Mainwaring George
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  p.m., and Colenso about 4 p.m., Ladysmith was reached at 6 p.m. Detraining took place at once, and the Regiment marched off to Tin Town, attack, the infantry to advance at 2 a.m. The Boer position as seen by the Regiment on the outpost line was some Brigade by an assault on Pepworth Hill, where the Boer big guns were Post on to the Boer guns newly placed on Umbrella Tree Hill, and as he Devon Regiment to meet General Hunter under Devon Post at 11.30 p.m. Shortly after this hour a force of Colonial mounted infantry, with Camp and Wagon Hill prior to the companies of the Regiment reaching the firing at some Boer guns mounted on the Amersfoort Hills. of General Buller''s camp, so that the road for the next day''s march The following day General Buller''s forces reached Helvetia Farm, where the Boers'' right, General Buller advanced the following day and found

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  The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902


id: 16078
title: The Amateur Army
author: MacGill, Patrick
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  follow a long day''s drill in full marching order. "You''ve got a large window in the drawing-room," said the officer; the tea was cold by the time it arrived at the men''s quarters. their work; day and night they are at their toil; when parade comes to an end, and the battalion is dismissed for the day, the officers, who men, raw from the Officers'' Training Corps, when they take up their The young men took us in hand, acting in turn as corporals, platoon The man with the eyeglass took up his position, and issued some order, Other officers took up the job of company commander in turn, and all man who comes on parade with a rusty rifle. spent more days in the guard-room than any other man in the battalion. men in full marching order with arms at the trail. joined the battalion, and presently a thousand men with rifles on


id: 20619
title: General Gordon, Saint and Soldier
author: Wardle, Joseph
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  have heard my lecture on "General Gordon: Saint and Soldier," who knew of _Chapter_ VI.--Gordon''s return to Egypt and welcome by the Khedive--Home time Mr. Gladstone said of him, "General Gordon is no common man. their mother''s influence, their mother''s prayers, and their mother''s God. Writing home to his mother he says "We are giving the Redan shells day "God gives us men, a time like that demands. friend in China; an old officer in Gordon''s "Ever victorious Army," Li prayed and gave thanks to God." Gordon, when at prayer, placed outside hands, all ye nations." Gordon says, "I could not but like this poor peoples of this unhappy country." Gordon left the Soudan peaceful, The subject of Gordon''s mission came up several times in the British To Gordon Pasha of Khartoum,--May God guide him into the path of thy country and for all men God blessed the work of thy hand.


id: 19255
title: Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes
author: Fitchett, W. H. (William Henry)
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  British fleet, and as the great Spanish ships closed round her and French fleet consisted of 25 ships, manned by 15,200 men, and carrying The British fleet numbered 23 ships, with 13,295 men, and aid, and at one time no less than seven French line-of-battle ships fire-ships behind him, towards the French fleet, backed by great shore commanded the whole of the British ship, and with it the French opened which hid the French ships from Nelson''s lookout men changed the face The average French 80-gun ship in every detail of fighting strength is, five British line-of-battle ships were inside the French line, have put into battle-line a fleet of fifty great ships and twenty-five and captured a fine French battle-ship of 74 guns! his ships out to meet Nelson in his last great sea-fight. than five French line-of-battle ships during the fight, finding two French and one Spanish line-of-battle ships until she was


id: 21311
title: Gil the Gunner: The Youngest Officer in the East
author: Fenn, George Manville
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  "Come, that''s good," said a familiar voice; and I found Captain Brace "''Tention!" said Brace, in a low quick voice, and the men sprang to "Better keep away, Gil, lad," said Brace, in a low voice, full of "Tell him," said Brace, in a low voice, "that I shall never rest till I "My dear Brace," said the doctor coldly, "our poor friend is not likely "Yes," said Brace, "I am going to help; but I must have my guns first, "Yes," said Brace slowly; "but I never killed a man before, doctor, even "Yes, I''ll tell Captain Brace," I said; and I went away meaning to ask "Gil," said Brace, suddenly, "go back and send three men with the horses "Why, Dost, man," said Brace, smiling at him, "I was thinking ten "Follow the wounded man, sir," said Brace, and the doctor immediately "Come away, Gil," said Brace, hoarsely; "it only makes me feel mad


id: 19710
title: The Red Horizon
author: MacGill, Patrick
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  that I''ll look for in the trenches," he said, "when I have my rifle with the aid of beer, we made merry as men can on St. Patrick''s Day. We sang Irish songs, told stories, mostly Cockney, and laughed without "The fire trench to-night," said Stoner that evening, a nervous light No trench is straight at any place; the straight line is done away "I never like the bloomin'' trenches," said Bill. "He must have been dead a long time," said the sanitary man, as he (p. I came in line with the rear trench on my way back. We got into the trench at the time when the attack took place; our "It''s all right, old man," said the soldier in front. "The shell came in there," I said pointing at the window, the side (p. "This is not the place to dig trenches," said the sergeant when we


id: 16675
title: Tommy Atkins at War: As Told in His Own Letters
author: Kilpatrick, James Alexander
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  of orders, some of my men actually charged a machine gun," an officer writes one soldier, "the German shells have interrupted me six times Many men describe the effects of the British bayonet charges and the way Horses and men positively flew at the Germans, cutting through getting cut at by the German officers, the Scots Greys went mad, and he gave the order to charge, whereupon three German officers and 106 men said, ''No, boys; we''ll never let the Germans take a British gun,'' and then, says Cryer, the men had almost to be pulled away by the officers, actions, a famous cavalry officer writing home, says: "We had a hell of Having shown what the British soldier thinks of the French as fighting according to a Highland officer, surrendering Germans said their fellows between the German soldiers and our own is in the officering and men is the way the Germans conceal their guns.


id: 17998
title: Before the War
author: Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount
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  Prefatory Note, to explain the policy pursued toward Germany by Great find a way of keeping the peace between Germany and the Entente Powers. myself the organization of the German War Office, which I wished to foreign peoples that Germany desired to maintain good relations all war by making it terrible to the enemy--by the General Staff of Germany, "The best testimony," said the Emperor, "to my earnest desire for peace German commerce Germany should wish to increase her fleet--from a complete, as the German General Staff knew from their military attachÃ©. opinion even then that the power of the Emperor in Germany was a good different one, the Chief of the General Staff a third, the War Minister German Military AttachÃ© in London had reported at that time to Berlin Tirpitz, a German of the traditional Military School, a man of great Great War, the, and Germany''s responsibility, 15


id: 25923
title: Brandon of the Engineers
author: Bindloss, Harold
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  Dick followed the others, and looked up with surprise when Clare came in. "Let me see," said Bethune, and lighted a cigarette when Dick handed him Dick said nothing for a minute, and then asked: "What''s Kenwardine doing Dick frowned and his face got red, but he said nothing, and Jake resumed: Jake, remembering Dick had insisted that Kenwardine was dangerous, felt Dick said nothing, but walked on, and when Jake asked where he was going, "You''re a good sort," Jake said with feeling; but Dick cut short his Payne went away and when Dick came in Jake took him into his room and "Yes," said Jake, who paused and looked hard at Dick. "I quite understand the thing," he said, and got up as the man Dick was They went away and Stuyvesant looked at Dick who said, "I ought to start


id: 27908
title: Fix Bay''nets: The Regiment in the Hills
author: Fenn, George Manville
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  "I wish I had some more boys like you, Bracy, my lad," said the Colonel "It was getting time," said Bracy to Roberts as the Colonel rode on. "Here y''are, sir," cried Gedge, reaching out his hand to Bracy and "Yes," said Bracy grimly; "that''s having what Gedge called a nice long "Did you hear what I said, sir?" cried Bracy angrily. "All right now, sir," said Gee, who looked what the men called ugly. "Right, sir," said Gedge, and he went to the bed''s head and gently "Yes, thanks, Gedge," said Bracy drowsily; and by the time the lad was "Ah, you go like that, sir," said Gedge; "but just you wait till you "Within an hour, sir," said Bracy, as Roberts looked on in wonder. "Hard lines for the two Colonels and our poor lads, sir," said Gedge, "Yes, sir?" said Gedge, for Bracy stopped short.--"He''s going off his


id: 29263
title: The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns
author: Lawrence, William
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  After staying in the town for the time stated, a thousand of us were We remained here about a month this time, when General Whitelock came those men who were in action at the time he received his wound, but having taken the colonel''s command, he did so, and saw me placed on man from the time I was put on till I came off myself in the morning. Lord Wellington then ordered the town to be attacked on the night of to my wounds, which kept me in camp at the time the town was taken; that time and place, and we found that night''s meal as good a one as one day a French officer was seen coming up the mountain, having laid I then went on in search of my comrades, who had by this time left the took place than did there, for we were on the move the whole time,


id: 23052
title: Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria''s Reign
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
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  numbers, took every opportunity of attacking the British troops passing The amount of the British force was 4500 fighting men: the camp that day his troops had marched twelve miles to find the enemy, fought The regiments of cavalry which headed the advance of the British troops In the four battles the British lost 92 officers and 1259 men killed, body of the enemy moving on his right, ordered the cavalry to attack large body of the enemy now attacked the 93rd, under Lieutenant-Colonel numbers of the enemy; and 4th, The siege of Lucknow by the British force gun battery of the enemy had in the most gallant way been attacked by an with the wounded officers, with the rest of the force charged the enemy troop of the 9th, also took his men into action at the enemy''s left from the enemy''s camp, and about 4:30 a.m. a general advance in attack


id: 25829
title: The Dark Tower
author: Bottome, Phyllis
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  said to Winn was, "You see, I feel quite sure that you''ll look after Lady Staines looked at Winn, and said she didn''t see that it was much mean--I should like to think we could." Winn gave him a quick look and look in his young gray eyes that Winn had in his bright, hawk-like "I could tell them anything they want to know in ten minutes!" said Winn "I don''t talk people over," said Winn without turning round. "Well, you''ve got Winn," he said, looking at her with his steadfast Winn said the kind of thing that any Staines would feel called upon to "We haven''t got to think about it," said Winn. "No," said Winn, looking at her in a curious way; "as far as I can see, "Look here, old man," Winn said, "let me get your wife." "Winn, come here," said Claire.


id: 14213
title: Three Months of My Life
author: Foster, J. F. (John Frederick)
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  the way, nine miles up a steep hill to Khaira Gullee, where I halted and a.m. The length of last march, eleven miles--the road, a good military JULY 7th.--Marched on to Abbottabad at sunrise, down hill to the river, JULY 8th.--A long tedious march of nearly fifteen miles to Mansera, put The river Ghuri, a mountain torrent seen for a long distance The valley is bounded by high hills, very narrow, the road JULY 17th.--By boat up the river, the day so bright, the view so shall march to Lalpore the other side of a range of high hills which JULY 28th.--A march of nine miles up the valley to Kungan, taking with JULY 30th.--Another short march of five miles to Soorapra, a small AUGUST 13th.--Marched back to Islamabad, seven miles, by another road, For three miles the road continued along the valley of the SEPTEMBER 11th.--Marched to Dargwal, twelve miles, up hill all the way,


id: 34907
title: The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of ''The Irish at the Front''
author: MacDonagh, Michael
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  These men were scattered amongst the following non-Irish regiments-cases were the men enrolled in Irish regiments, all the others being wave of enthusiasm has stirred the hearts of men of Irish blood indebted to the assistance given by officers and men of the Irish third line of trenches was described by a man of the Irish Rifles as An English officer in the Royal Irish Regiment writes: "Really the observation post in a trench near the enemy''s line six Germans The men of the Tyneside Irish battalions stood to arms in the assembly Captain Downey, an officer of the Tyneside Irish says: "Our men paved Seventy-three officers and men of the Tyneside Irish received drinking it," said the doctor to men of an Irish battalion whom he It may well be that sometimes the English officers of Irish battalions "Ah, those guns," said an officer of the Royal Irish


id: 37628
title: Servants of the Guns
author: Jeffery, Jeffery E. (Jeffery Eardley)
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  the cooks, a washhouse, a gun park, a battery office, and a telephone got our guns, our horses and our harness late in the day, and we were, booming of the guns and the desolation of "the line." The battery guns and shells, regardless of the fact that the German line, as the went down to the front line with an infantry officer to look at a "I want all your officers to drill the battery in turn," said the thought that the battery will be split up again into "gun line" and so the Child and I returned to the battery and got about three hours'' think of the strain on the detachments, serving their guns night and day In course of time Bilfred, quick, like most horses, to pick up habits, horses in dozens of batteries were doing the same thing--and none knew In the old days in his battery he


id: 38437
title: The Woman''s Part: A Record of Munitions Work
author: Yates, L. K.
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  Women in this country have, it is true, taken their place in factory life aeroplane factories, women welders work be-goggled at the anvils. a Training Section for factory workers within the Ministry of Munitions engineering work in a large number of women. work varies in these Instructional Factories as in the engineering shop of the normal life of the women in this country and the work in the munitions of successful handling of women in the munitions factory, it is as well In a shop in a certain optical munitions factory I met the first woman who working hours on board, between the sailors or men labourers and the women workers in munitions factories and more especially for the women and development of Welfare work in many a munitions factory throughout the of First-Aid work within the munitions factory, for without their to-day women police are undertaking numerous duties in munitions works.


id: 34188
title: With Our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War
author: Sellers, William E.
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  General Booth and Brigadier Carpenter (of the Salvation Army); Mr. A.K. Yapp (General Secretary of the Young Men''s Christian HEADS OF ARMY WORK AT HOME TELL THE STORY OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON ADDRESSING MEN OF THE ARMY SERVICE company of Christian men ready to work among their fellows. The Christian men in the Army--more numerous before the war broke out the Navy Chaplains--The Sailors'' Homes--Work among the Wounded far into the night: by day visiting the men in barrack room and tent, time officers in the Canadian Army, and were told off to the service Never a night passes but some soldier lad comes home to God, and of God. A beautiful story comes to us from the early days of the war. medical officers, one quartermaster, two chaplains--Rev. D.P. Winnifrith (Church of England) and himself (Wesleyan)--and 240 services,--a Church of England chaplain reading the prayers, the Church of England Army Chaplains'' Work at the


id: 33222
title: The Irish at the Front
author: MacDonagh, Michael
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  regimental officers and men, interviews with wounded soldiers of the the Irish army in the field has amounted to 154,038 men to this date, Irish Divisions with "service" battalions of the same regiments. here only of the Irish chaplains--of the men like Father Finn, killed like Father Gwynn, of the Irish Guards, killed at the French front, of Royal Irish Regiment--2nd battalion--who was taken prisoner the day Irish Regiment took part, with the 2nd battalions of the Dublins, says, "the Irish Rifles attacked before their time, and so got no Liverpool Irish took a German trench for themselves, along with Inniskillings and Irish Fusiliers as to which battalion the men first The men of all the Irish battalions suffered from this game of HISTORIC FOOTBALL CHARGE OF THE LONDON IRISH, WITH THE GERMAN TRENCHES A NOBLE BAND OF IRISH HEROES, OFFICERS AND MEN A NOBLE BAND OF IRISH HEROES, OFFICERS AND MEN


id: 44701
title: British Regiments at the Front, The Story of Their Battle Honours
author: Hodder, Reginald
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  to None," "The Old Greys," "Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons," (in Dragoons" in 1700, the "Scots Regiment of White Horses," the "Royal "Royal Regiment of Artillery," and, though not in any way formed into a This strange nickname of the Royal Scots Regiment is based on an being next to the Royal Scots in the number of battle honours on its The 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment is set down in old Army Lists under Fusiliers (another "John Company" regiment) now the 2nd Battalion Royal of which the 12th Lancers and Royal Scots Greys routed the enemy, The Royal Scots (1st Foot, or Lothian Regiment) are old in story. the Peninsula War, the regiment having the honour of forming the by the 60th Regiment (1st Battalion King''s Royal Rifle Corps), and first taken for a British regiment, and they had time to form up, [This regiment (1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry) was always


id: 43644
title: G. H. Q. (Montreuil-Sur-Mer) by "G.S.O."
author: Fox, Frank
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  Trench War. The New Armies were trained on the same lines as the old Undoubtedly in that way a great British Army could have been far more be said, the British Army in France came to man''s estate. British Army and to interest soldiers in the history of the old town. British medical work in the Great War when it comes to be written. In the sum the story of the British Army horse in the Great War is a The soldiers of the British Army in France have reason to feel grateful In the British Army 100,000 men in a day used 410 tons of munitions, in In peace times the Finance Branch of the War Office had a long-standing dignity of the position of a British officer in the old Regular Army At Mons the German Army neither crushed the French-British force nor


id: 46823
author: Gould, W. J. D.
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  is placed over a large tub of sea-water; the men who have not paid five miles from Delhi, and was to number thirty thousand men of Queen of Gwalior--Ordered to join Lord Gough''s Army at Agra--The Queen of Gwalior--Ordered to join Lord Gough''s Army at Agra--The course of different parts of India, are generally great thieves. Meerut division were to make forced marches to join Lord Gough, river--Destruction--Wounded to village--March to join Lord river--Destruction--Wounded to village--March to join Lord native cavalry and two troops of horse artillery, were ordered to [Sidenote: March to join Lord Gough.] All being arranged, the following day we marched to join Lord Gough, Our time was generally passed shooting horse shot--Bridle neck bush--Time-expired men--Back to horse shot--Bridle neck bush--Time-expired men--Back to men before General Sir Harry Smith--after which, and being quite The time of the men who had joined for six months having more than

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  Ten Years in India, in the 16th Queen''s Lancers, and Three Years in South Africa, in the Cape Corps Levies


id: 56924
title: German Influence on British Cavalry
author: Childers, Erskine
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  publication of "War and the _Arme Blanche_," General von Bernhardi the title "Cavalry in Future Wars"), this new book by General von Bernhardi''s recently published work, "Cavalry in War and Peace," and the _Arme Blanche_." It is the second work, "Cavalry in War and Peace," effects Sir John French knew far more than General von Bernhardi. John French in recommending the German author to the British Cavalry that Mounted Infantry are a defensive Arm who run from Cavalry; Cavalry in modern war, and, like the generality of such statements, author discusses in close detail the action of "Cavalry in the fight." Cavalry combat, of dismounted fighting, and Artillery action, will enough into his own chosen war, steel-charges by Cavalry against FROM his general remarks on the action of Cavalry, mounted or of a Continental war) against steel-armed Cavalry. translation of General von Bernhardi''s latest work, "Cavalry in War and


id: 55235
title: Lord Roberts'' Message to the Nation
author: Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl
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  Introductory Note: The National Service League and the Territorial Force THE NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE AND WORKING MEN dogmatically that a war with Great Britain will take place this year or with six months'' training our Territorials would be ready for war! armed forces of any nation or empire ought to represent, not only its successful war the only means of realizing German nationality, and of position of the National Service League towards the Territorial Force. National Reserve; but mainly upon a Territorial Force,[1] nominally country can be secured and the Territorial Force made really effective." the Regular Forces nearly so much as the problem of the nation in arms, Territorial Force was created, Lord Haldane said that it was "designed-Does our Territorial Force, as it stands to-day, provide us with a Home condition--namely, the _training_ of the Territorial Force. National Service in Arms would have upon the working men of this


id: 51523
title: With the Scottish Regiments at the Front
author: Vivian, Evelyn Charles
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  oldest regiment of the British Army is Scottish--for the Royal Scots, regiment that comes to hand concerns the bravery of men of other units. Germans, charged down on the enemy and took back the guns, with the aid time, the man of the regiment who tells this story has never a word to came on a German trench full of dead men, and was struck by the the men of the regiment to hand at the time of writing, but from those Just on 300 more officers and men fell in the three days'' fighting of went up and down the line of his battalion looking after wounded men. that of the Maya Pass, the regiment lost over 320 officers and men regiment corroborates it by saying that "the Germans came on in great men fired at the German force, and then charged with fixed bayonets, at


id: 53126
title: Specimens of British Trench Orders
author: Army War College (U.S.)
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  (_c_) Parties at work between the front-line and reserve trenches may LOG BOOKS AND TRENCH STORE BOOKS.=--(_a_) Each company commander (_c_) Commanding officers are personally responsible that no trench his rifle clean and in working order whilst in the trenches. (_g_) On taking over a line of trenches a company commander will (_i_) Within 24 hours of taking over a new line of trenches a company (_j_) Before handing over trenches, officers commanding companies firing line the company commander will arrange for his officers to take Whenever men stand to arms company commanders will order the parapet to on fixed lines covering the enemy''s trenches, in order to inflict be working on his trenches or wire, the company commander will give without our trench line; and specially organized parties will be kept line of trenches, the commanding officer, adjutant, and company rifles of men in support reserve trenches or dugouts may be placed in


id: 62571
title: Wellington''s Men: Some Soldier Autobiographies
author: nan
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  to man four guns; and these, as the great battle came to its end, fell, that the Duke''s long nose on a battle-field was worth 10,000 men. Duke thereupon issued a general order, desiring that "British officers infantry, marching with the order and precision of a field-day, in officer and some men from each regiment to parade there next morning following night they left the town altogether, and we took possession fields were strewed with the bodies of men, horses, torn clothing, artillery--was expended, and no men that day saw fiercer fighting than officer, on a little black horse, who went off to the rear like a in slow time, when each company came in line with the body the word enemy from the fire of our troops; and from this place our men had the Place d''Armes by the river, I saw a French general officer


