Best Stories of the 1914 European War E-Book

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• Herausgeber: LBO
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Best Stories of the 1914 European War. This is a compilation of short anecdotes that cover World War I, told by soldiers who fought and other contemporaries who weren’t in combat. As a result, it’s an interesting and engaging look at what life was like during those fateful 4 years.

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Table of contents

WHERE MIGHTY BATTLE ROARS

WOULD HAVE DIED TO A MAN

PARIS, GRAVE AND GAY

WHY RUSSIA NEEDED AUTOS

WHEN THE CRUISER AMPHION WENT DOWN

SHELLS BURST IN WHEAT FIELDS

RIDERLESS HORSES IN LOUVAIN

GERMANS SHOT NONCOMBATANTS

SIX SHEEP FOR BELGIAN QUEEN

THE MARCH ON TO BRUSSELS

ODDS TEN TO ONE NEAR AERSCHOT

BAYONET CHARGE UP ALSACE HILLS

POLICE DOGS USED ON AMERICANS

MORASSES HOLLAND’S FRIEND

ENGLISH GIRL WOULD BE AIR SCOUT

THE BUSY AEROPLANES

OSTEND IN PANIC AS FOE CAME

AUSTRIAN CRUISER SHOT TO PIECES

BLEW UP FORT AND DIED A HERO

BRITISH “TOMMIES” COOL IN BATTLE

5,000 GUESTS IN SMALL TOWN

CHARLEROI A CITY OF DEAD

HANSI REBUKES HIS CAPTOR

LIGHT BRIGADE OUTDONE

WOMAN GETS COUNT’S SWORD

“CRIME TO SPARE SPY’S LIFE”

CHANGE SCHMIDT TO SMITH

CAMP FOR GERMAN SUSPECTS

HEROISM OF PRINCE

“GOOD-BY, MR. FLYING MAN!”

WOMAN SAW ZEPPELIN WORK

SAW WOMEN SHOT

FOUGHT SINGING MARSEILLAISE

RODE INTO DEATH’S JAWS

TROOPER BROKE GIRL’S JAW

WOMAN’S GRIM RETORT

“I KNOW NOTHING, SIR!”

DRUNK WITH BATTLE JOY

MODERN BULLETS DRILL CLEAN

THIRTY LEFT OUT OF 2,000

OLD AND YOUNG ALIKE KILLED

LEFT TIP FOR POLICE

MINE KILLS WHOLE COMPANY

TITLED WOMEN PROUD OF SONS

“GERMANS A BRAVE LOT”

COMMANDER GOES MAD

SHOT 11 TIMES; STILL FIGHTING

HERE’S A KITCHENER STORY

THEY HELD UP THE KAISER

“SAY THAT I WAS UNCONSCIOUS!”

BAYONET CHARGES A RELIEF

“WOMAN” SPY FOOLED GIRL

A CITY OF DARKNESS

“I LOSE FEW BULLETS!”

AIRMAN’S THRILLING TRIP

THREW SHELLS OVERBOARD

DIED CHEERING EMPEROR

SAVED; THEN THROWN INTO THE SEA

“FRENCH ARE VERY KIND”

“I AM FIGHTING AGAINST MY SON!”

WHO WAS THE WOMAN?

“WE DON’T WANT YOUR KAISER!”

KING HONORS BOY SCOUT HERO

THOUGHT FOES WERE FRIENDS

GERMANS TRICKED TO DEATH

SIGNAL DREW FATAL VOLLEY

AMERICAN WOMEN’S ADVENTURE

BOMBARDMENT OF-KISSES!

GERMAN ARMY WONDERFUL

HE WASN’T HER HUSBAND

COOL NERVE OF BELGIANS

JOKE WHILE BULLETS FLY

“AIM AT BUTTON, HIT GERMAN”

WHAT HAPPENED? GOD KNOWS!

THOUGHT SCOTS AMAZONS

MOTHER’S TRIBUTE TO SON

SAYS PRINCE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE

“GET THE GUNS BACK!”

THE IRREPRESSIBLE CAMERA MAN

SAW FIFTY ZEPPELINS

JEWS BRAVE FIGHTERS

“KILL FOE OR WE WON’T MARRY!”

A CLOSE CALL

WAITING FOR THE GERMANS

STUCK TO THE BATTERY

HORSESHOER’S FEAT

“TOO COMMUNICATIVE”

BOMB HIS CALLING CARD

RETREAT OF DIPLOMATS

“GERMANS WENT MAD”

WOMEN NURSES IN BREECHES

AUTO ROUGH RIDERS

FIRST AID BY POLICE DOGS

FLEEING FROM PARIS

THEIR PICNIC SPOILED

PAINT HORSES GREEN

ENTERED GERMAN HARBOR

HE KNEW CONEY ISLAND

“MORE WAITING FOR YOU”

“YES, TAKE A PICTURE”

HER FEET HER PASSPORT

TRAWLERS WORTHY OF FLEET

“NOTHING SEEMS TO STOP THEM”

DIRGE A SIGNAL TO FIRE

HUMAN SIEVE

“PARLEZ VOUS FRANCAIS”

KAISER STILL BRITISH ADMIRAL

LIGHT BRIGADE OUTDONE

KAISER SEES BOMBARDMENT

TRAPS 28 GERMANS

ESCAPED WITH A LAUGH

“WEEL DONE, SANDY!”

LIFEBOATS A MINE TRAP

SHOOT POISONOUS GASES

CHILDREN WANTED TO FIGHT

“PRISONERS NOT WANTED”

4,000 AUSTRIANS FAST IN BOG

FRENCH CAVALRY’S FEAT

KILLED AS HIS MEN FLED

THINK OF KAISER AND GOD

PENANCE, NOT TENNIS

CROSS ON PRIEST AS TARGET

KAISER’S HEAD SAVED HIM

WHITLOCK SAVES TEN SCHOLARS FROM DEATH

SHOULD SHE HAVE LIED?

GERMAN CAVALRY AFOOT

AIRMEN DODGE BULLETS

GERMAN SPIES RECKLESS

LIKE A MELODRAMA

ALL FOLLOWED THE BOTTLE

“JACQUES DID HIS DUTY!”

“THE SCOUNDRELS!”

MOVIE THRILLER OUTDONE

DUG WAY TO SAFETY

BRITISH DRAGOON’S EXPLOIT

SAVED HIS COMMANDER

GETTING REAL CRUSTY

BATTLES QUITE THE THING

CHILD PLAYED AMID DEAD

POISONING WATER

TRIED TO ROW TO WAR

DECORATED ON BATTLEFIELD

HUSSAR LED 300 CAPTIVE

WHAT’S WAR TO DICTIONARY?

HAYFORK PART OF DINNER SET

LAST DRINK KILLS HIM

SONS IN EACH ARMY

KAISER IN TEARS AS HE SIGNED WAR ORDER

KAISER’S OWN MOVIES

ONE FRENCHMAN DRIVES OFF FIFTEEN

SANG FOR THEIR DINNER

GERMAN AIRMEN’S DARING

PRINCE JOACHIM’S BRAVERY

CAUSE OF AERSCHOT TRAGEDY

U.S. TARS SING BRITONS’ HYMN

WHOLE FAMILIES WIPED OUT

“YOU FIGHT DISHONORABLY, SIR!”

WHERE MIGHTY BATTLE ROARS

The correspondent of the Daily News and Leader of London sends from Ostend this graphic story of the scenes where one of the greatest battles in the world’s history took place:

“Taking advantage of the lull we got out of Namur early this morning, taking crossroads and lanes in front of the Belgian and French lines. The allied forces were pushing the Germans back under great guns placed along the northern line. The fields and low hills were alive with moving troops, columns of cavalry with light guns moving into position and long snakes of infantry.

“An officer warned us in a lane to wait there. He said: ‘We’ve run down some Uhlans in those woods.’ We waited half an hour. No movement in the sunny fields, nothing to be seen. Then suddenly out of a wood we saw four horsemen dash and we heard the snap of rifle shots on the far side of a field.

“The next instant there was a running fire of invisible muskets. Three of the horses fell. The fourth man fell from the saddle and was dragged through the stubble, his foot being caught in the stirrup. One of the others got up, leaving his horse and walking a few steps. He then fell.

“We were accompanied by a squad to Mazy. There we were blocked for two hours. Slowly through the village (no peasants or children showing now) defiled regiment after regiment of French cavalry, glorious fellows with their helmets covered with dust, their colored cuirasses dull with rust, dusty trappings and uneasy horses. It was not the glitter of a parade, but the infinitely more impressive savage, bronzed columns of war.

“A line of Belgian artillery, then light horse and lancers, and finally cyclists and a detachment of the Red Cross ambulances passed up the lanes out to the hills with a sort of rustling, intense silence. There was no drum nor music. This is war. For many of these grave and bronzed men, with here and there a fierce negroid African, we were the last link with the life of the towns. In a few days, perhaps in a few hours, they will be lying in long, nameless trenches in the fields.”

WOULD HAVE DIED TO A MAN

A correspondent of the Dernière Heure sent back to Brussels from the front writes of the fighting he saw as follows:

“The fighting started at Geetbetz at dawn. At 3.30 A. M. a German aeroplane flew low over our front. Several volleys were fired and the aeroplane fell within the German lines. After several feints the attack developed about 6 o’clock. Strong forces of German cavalry and infantry, supported by artillery, including machine guns, poured down on the village and a furious battle was soon raging all along the seven-mile front.

“While the Belgian cavalry were acting as infantry behind the earthworks part of the German cavalry got behind them and shot the horses. Inch by inch the ground was fought. Hundreds of Germans were slain. In the relentless move forward the Belgian defenders suffered rather serious losses.

“At Bubingen the resistance was equally praiseworthy. In a trench where seven cavalrymen were making a great fight, Lieut. Count Wolfgangen Durel was struck by a bullet in the head. His companions pressed around him as he fell. ‘It’s all up with me,’ he said. ‘Leave me and do your duty.’ He breathed his last a few minutes later.

“At this point two Belgian squadrons, about 240 men, showed magnificent bravery. They held 2,000 Germans back. In spite of the superior numbers the enemy had no distinct advantage over this handful of determined fellows. They would have died to a man, but their mission of holding the enemy in check for a few hours terminated when the retreat was sounded.”