La Grande Guerre - Recits De Combattants

Originally published in 1919, this book contains the French text of five memoirs written by authors serving in the armed forces during WWI.

List of contents

Marcel Nadaud: Un baptême; Son fils; Le pirate; La blessure; Le mur; Au couvent; Gaston Riou: Prisonnier; Fièvre et cafard; J'ai une table; Un autre déjunner; La première lettre; La cité primitive; Le jour des morts 1914; Les russes; Le petit peuple allemand et la guerre; La traversée de la Suisse; Jean Renaud: Gott mit uns; Le village fantôme; La suprême infamie; La route tragique; Une relève; Capitaine Canudo: Kérévès-Déré; Salonique; Mort d'un village; La messe des morts; Attaque d'une montagne; Notre retraite de Serbie; Adieu, Serbie; Emile Henriot: Le grand terrain; Mon régiment; La patrie; Une bonne angine; Guerre et poésie; Cent soldats français inconnus; Aux lignes; En Alsace reconquise; Camp Benoit; L'attaque.

Summary

Originally published in 1919, this book contains the French text of five memoirs written by authors who served in the armed forces for France during WWI. The essays include vivid descriptions of life in the trenches, in French hospitals and in a German prison.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Wilson-Green
• Assisted by: Arthur Wilson-Green (Editor), Wilson-Green Arthur (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2014
• EAN: 9781107692602
• ISBN: 978-1-107-69260-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; France, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / France, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I