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With the American Ambulance Field Service in France

Leslie Bushwell

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Description:Excerpt: ... 1 This effect may be due to the fact that the German shells have percussion fuses whose action is less The strain made me give a little laugh which froze pretty quickly on my lips, for I was silenced with a look--"Attends!--listen for the next depart"--ten anxious ears listened, but it was just a chance German shell and no more arrived. When we returned to go to dinner about an hour and a half later, I asked them to help me to find the fuse, and there it was still hot. I shall keep it in memory of July 14th, 1915. We sat down in that little wooden shelter, about sixteen of us, and I cannot tell you what a happy party we were. Laughter and song fating the two honored guests, the "Americains." The Captain heard we were dining with his non-commissioned officers and sent up three bottles of white wine to drink the health of the Allies. We had brought some Moselle as a present to our hosts, and when the others were finished our bottles were a great surprise. They were quicklyemptied, a candle was stuck in each and we started singing and telling stories. Then, as an act of courtesy, I was asked to sing our national hymn. I got up (a bottle of wine was fetched to fill our glasses) and did so as loud and as heartily as I knew how. It must have been a strange sight for the casually passing French soldiers, to see their sixteen compatriots standing silently--listening to a man sing a song that they scarcely knew, though one which means so much to so many thousands of our countrymen. I had but finished, when bang! bang! bang! bang!--four "75's" fired over our heads--going to kill those who should sing another national anthem. The "Marseillaise" followed and I have never heard it sung rapid than that of the French shells. This would allow them to...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with With the American Ambulance Field Service in France. To get started finding With the American Ambulance Field Service in France, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt: ... 1 This effect may be due to the fact that the German shells have percussion fuses whose action is less The strain made me give a little laugh which froze pretty quickly on my lips, for I was silenced with a look--"Attends!--listen for the next depart"--ten anxious ears listened, but it was just a chance German shell and no more arrived. When we returned to go to dinner about an hour and a half later, I asked them to help me to find the fuse, and there it was still hot. I shall keep it in memory of July 14th, 1915. We sat down in that little wooden shelter, about sixteen of us, and I cannot tell you what a happy party we were. Laughter and song fating the two honored guests, the "Americains." The Captain heard we were dining with his non-commissioned officers and sent up three bottles of white wine to drink the health of the Allies. We had brought some Moselle as a present to our hosts, and when the others were finished our bottles were a great surprise. They were quicklyemptied, a candle was stuck in each and we started singing and telling stories. Then, as an act of courtesy, I was asked to sing our national hymn. I got up (a bottle of wine was fetched to fill our glasses) and did so as loud and as heartily as I knew how. It must have been a strange sight for the casually passing French soldiers, to see their sixteen compatriots standing silently--listening to a man sing a song that they scarcely knew, though one which means so much to so many thousands of our countrymen. I had but finished, when bang! bang! bang! bang!--four "75's" fired over our heads--going to kill those who should sing another national anthem. The "Marseillaise" followed and I have never heard it sung rapid than that of the French shells. This would allow them to...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with With the American Ambulance Field Service in France. To get started finding With the American Ambulance Field Service in France, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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