Blue Devil
A Blue Devil of France: Epic figures and stories of the Great War, 1914-1918
作者：Capart, G.-P. (Gustav-P.), 1881-; Drouillard, J. C. (Jacques-C.), 1889- [Translator]
体例：题 章数：128
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章节目录
共 128 题- A Blue Devil of France
- A BLUE DEVIL _of_ FRANCE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- CAP. G. P. CAPART.
- TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
- J. C. DROUILLARD.
- A Blue Devil of France
- FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER ONE
- NIEUPORT
- A BLUE DEVIL OF FRANCE
- CHAPTER ONE
- I feel I must leave all, family, home, position.
- I saw Admiral Ronarc'h for the first time to-day.
- I opened the second telegram:
- Less than a mile from the enemy----
- The strident singing of bullets kept on----
- On each one is written: "Alms for the boches!"
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER TWO
- MALANCOURT WOOD AND ST. MENEHOULDE
- CHAPTER TWO
- Cannon rumble in the distance----
- Five minutes more----
- Two minutes----
- The wounded in due time are cared for and taken back----
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER THREE
- RETURN TO NIEUPORT
- CHAPTER THREE
- A horrible cry comes from the ground floor--I descend in jumps----
- Just now Reymond and I are sharing breakfast in a first-line trench----
- The Fusiliers have written on the sandbags: "Go easy--a dangerous bend!"
- It is night----
- And the prisoner left alone----
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER FOUR
- FIRST VISIT TO VERDUN
- CHAPTER FOUR
- I was able, nevertheless, to save the young fool, by repeating this:
- First it was necessary to find my _poilus_----
- All the rest of the night passed without incident----
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER FIVE
- EPARGES AND CALONNE TRENCH
- CHAPTER FIVE
- Happiness is his who can relax completely after a rough day----
- Deep in Eparges mud, sixty yards from the enemy----
- THE RETURN OF ST. ANDRÉ, EPARGES.
- A 77 hits him squarely, carrying away his thigh and half of his face----
- I am numbed! For four days I have been struggling in this damned mud.
- There is a thick, heavy fog here this morning----
- The body must have been there a long time----
- The quiet astonishes them; neither of them find it natural----
- LeBlond is going to meet me to-night at the "Three Jurors' Crossroads!"
- One feels in this place a veritable impression of horror----
- In front, pointing into the starry heavens, the crest of Eparges----
- I can hear the voice of an old woman, who says to another:
- Bombing duels all morning----
- Bombardment all morning--the hill trembles----
- Quickly one cut the buttons from his tunic----
- Tossing off a drink, he passed Herman's canteen to his neighbor----
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER SIX
- THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE BATTLE OF VERDUN
- CHAPTER SIX
- I feel this morning a delicious sense of joy and happiness to live.
- The sky was ablaze on the horizon--it was the burning villages----
- AT NOON IN A CELLAR IN THE VILLAGE OF CUMIÈRES.
- ROAD TO ORNES--NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT
- CHAUME WOOD--TEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT
- We stopped----
- It commences to snow----
- THE DAY OF FEBRUARY 23, ELEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
- AT THE WEST CORNER OF CHAUME WOOD, MIDNIGHT.
- It is night----
- I found it when the two chauffeurs recommenced their old story:
- I looked him in the eyes, to the depth of his soul, and murmured:
- I went out. Nothing was said, but all looked at me, stupefied----
- And immediately they smiled and became themselves again----
- Not a cry--not a wail--stoicism----
- Not a reply----
- I read in his mocking eyes with his half-penitent air:
- A REGAL DINNER, VERDUN.
- I see the man make a bound and fall flat on the ground----
- In a dirty sector on a beautiful, sunshiny day----
- Our supper was spoiled that night, but we breathed easier----
- It is surely Habert who has taught him this new "song"----
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- THE RECAPTURE OF FORT DOUAUMONT AND THE ATTACK OF PEPPER HILL
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- I turned around. It is _he_! I saluted respectfully.
- A brusque stop! I open my eyes----
- We landed in about an hour without a single incident----
- Douaumont is ours!----
- I jumped straight up in my seat; I laughed, I shouted, I wept----
- I frequently turned to Major Armengaud, shouting:
- The _avion_ lands like a butterfly on a prairie----
- I see a _poilu_ and beckon him over.
- I assisted yesterday the second attacking party, at Pepper Hill.
- To-day there is nothing more than ruins, mud and dead bodies----
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- THE BATTLE OF CHAMPAGNE OF 1917
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- It was signed "Rintintin!"
- An attendant approached her--she turned her head and wiped her eyes----
- It was the nurse who wept----
- Since that day, I always regard _les cognes_[31] with sympathy----
- To Captain Noël D----
- My best regards to all my comrades--I will do my duty----
- To Madame X----
- I send you and my three little ones my last and tenderest kisses----
- Tell my boys that I want them to be soldiers like myself----
- With his arms and shoulders he makes another effort to get up----
- He was thrown violently to the ground and lost consciousness----
- Another shifting--a rapid journey and many bumps and joltings----
- How long was all this going to last? He did not know----
- The mother and child begin to cry, "Oh, the poor, the poor _blessé_."
- Cochin stiffens as if proud of his wound----
- Cochin telegraphs his wife to be at the station with the little one----
- At seven o'clock in the morning their train enters the station----
- I leave for the United States!
- I awaken each day a little farther away, and I forget that nightmare.
- FINIS
- FOOTNOTES:
- Transcriber's Notes