This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...of France attained. We reached the village about midday on 7th September. There were billeting directions in German chalked on the doors; there were a couple of exhausted horses left behind in an orchard, and there were some scraps of equipment, a number of cartridges, and a broken lance. The inhabitants were very ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...of France attained. We reached the village about midday on 7th September. There were billeting directions in German chalked on the doors; there were a couple of exhausted horses left behind in an orchard, and there were some scraps of equipment, a number of cartridges, and a broken lance. The inhabitants were very garrulous about the doings of the enemy, and one old farmer told a most interesting tale. "Yesterday we heard the noise of gunfire get closer and closer, and we sat here in the farm expecting every moment that these sales boches would come. But the firing died away, and the sun set without a sign either of the enemy or of our own troops. I thought le bon Dieu was going to keep us safe, but suddenly there came a clatter of hoofs outside, a hoarse voice began shouting roughly in broken French, and I knew it was they. I went out on to the road, and there in the dusk I saw a group of Uhlans with two officers at their head, each with an automatic pistol in his hand. When they saw me one of them covered me with his weapon and bade me approach. 'If you make any resistance, I will shoot you dead, ' he said; so what could I do but obey?' Are there any French or English here?' 'No, ' I replied. He turned and gave some orders to his men, who clattered off under a sous-officier; then, turning to me, he went on: 'Is this your house?' 'Yes.' 'Good! We will stay the night here. Any nice girls here, eh?' and he leered bestially. 'All my countrywomen are charming!' I replied, at which he scowled at me. 'You will get me dinner and wine at once, and if it is not good you will suffer!' He went away with the other officer for half an hour or so, and then returned and sat down to the meal my wife had got ready. Sapristi! How they did eat and drink, and all the whil...
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