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On the Fringe of the Great Fight By: George G. (George Gallie) Nasmith (1877-1965) |
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Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent hyphenation, and unusual and inconsistent
spelling in the original document has been preserved.
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this book.
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ON THE FRINGE OF THE GREAT FIGHT [Illustration: COLONEL GEORGE G. NASMITH, C.M.G.]
ON THE FRINGE OF
THE GREAT FIGHT By COLONEL GEORGE G. NASMITH, C.M.G.
McCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART
PUBLISHERS :: :: :: TORONTO
COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1917
McCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART, LIMITED
TORONTO
PRINTED IN CANADA
TO
MY WAR BRIDE
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
In Flanders fields the poppies grow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place, and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead, short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunsets glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe.
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch: be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies blow
In Flanders fields. JOHN MACCRAE,
(Lt. Col.) By permission of the author.
CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE xi CHAPTER I.
ON THE ROAD TO A GREAT ADVENTURE 1 CHAPTER II.
ON SALISBURY PLAINS 11 CHAPTER III.
EARLY WAR DAYS IN LONDON 32 CHAPTER IV.
DAYS WHEN THINGS WENT WRONG 46 CHAPTER V.
THE LOST CANADIAN LABORATORY 62 CHAPTER VI.
THE DAYS BEFORE YPRES 70 CHAPTER VII.
THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES 83 CHAPTER VIII.
THE AFTERMATH OF THE GAS 107 CHAPTER IX.
THE MEDICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE BRITISH ARMY 125 CHAPTER X.
KEEPING THE BRITISH SOLDIER FIT 134 CHAPTER XI.
LABORATORY WORK IN THE FIELD 152 CHAPTER XII.
SKETCHES FROM A LABORATORY WINDOW 169 CHAPTER XIII.
PARIS IN WAR TIME 189 CHAPTER XIV.
TABLE TALK AT A FLANDERS MESS 211 CHAPTER XV.
ON THE BELGIAN BORDER 230
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Colonel George G. Nasmith, C.M.G. Frontispiece Mechanical Transports in Salisbury Floods 16 Major General M.S. Mercer, C.B. 64 German Barrage Fire at Night 104 French Soldiers Advancing under Cover of Liquid Fire 176 The Camouflage 208 "Home, Sweet Home" Mud Terrace 232 British Tanks as Used in the Flanders Offensive 248
PREFACE
On April 22nd, 1915, the writer, in company with Major Rankin, saw the
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