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diff --git a/58231-8.txt b/58231-0.txt index 1c2d004..b0028f4 100644 --- a/58231-8.txt +++ b/58231-0.txt @@ -1,34 +1,7 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Battles & Bivouacs, by Jacques Roujon +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 58231 *** -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. -Title: Battles & Bivouacs - A French soldier's note-book -Author: Jacques Roujon - -Translator: Fred Rothwell - -Release Date: November 4, 2018 [EBook #58231] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BATTLES & BIVOUACS *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, Graeme Mackreth and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) @@ -102,14 +75,14 @@ LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD. (_All rights reserved_) -_I' leur semble qu'i'faut parler de la Ramée, grenadier de Champagne, +_I' leur semble qu'i'faut parler de la Ramée, grenadier de Champagne, comme d'un prince dont auquel on ne risque rien de vanter toujours. I' -vous lui mettent l'épée à la main qu'ça doit lui fatiguer le poignet -furieusement et qu'on dirait qu'la Ramée n'a jamais fait autre chose +vous lui mettent l'épée à la main qu'ça doit lui fatiguer le poignet +furieusement et qu'on dirait qu'la Ramée n'a jamais fait autre chose d'aussi meilleur ... I'n'faut pas se battre tous les jours: i' n'y aurait plus de plaisir._ -(LE CONTE DE LA RAMÉE.) +(LE CONTE DE LA RAMÉE.) @@ -344,7 +317,7 @@ abound. At nine o'clock, Verrier, Reymond and myself make our bed in the hay. All around may be heard the usual jokes and pleasantries of the mess, just as in times of peace. One may distinguish the thick, rolling -voices of those from Burgundy and the Franche-Comté, the accent of +voices of those from Burgundy and the Franche-Comté, the accent of the Lyons silk-weavers, and the peculiar intonations of men from the various provinces. Bursts of laughter, then snoring followed by silence. Down below, in a stable, the plaintive lowing of a calf. @@ -387,8 +360,8 @@ faint shade of the poplars. This life is an extremely healthy one; it constitutes a regular camping-out cure. -We now take our meals at the Hôtel du Commerce, kept by M. Girardot, -nicknamed _Père Achille_. It is a large building on the main road +We now take our meals at the Hôtel du Commerce, kept by M. Girardot, +nicknamed _Père Achille_. It is a large building on the main road between Paris and Belfort. Out in the yard and in both dining-rooms every table is engaged. Just as in the canteen, there is shouting and smoking, whilst the men call for drinks by hammering vigorously with @@ -405,7 +378,7 @@ the ceiling. _Saturday, 15th August_. -_Père Achille_ places his loft at our disposal, at the farther end of +_Père Achille_ places his loft at our disposal, at the farther end of the yard, above the stable. Climbing a ladder, you find bundles of hay to right and left. In the centre is a large open space containing a folding-bed occupied by Vitrier, of the 28th company, a neighbour and @@ -462,7 +435,7 @@ is crossed, profound silence. Silence in broad daylight! Well, well! It rather puts one out! There are flags around the walls. All the seats are occupied by -soldiers and officers, _pêle-mêle_. A few peasant women are present, +soldiers and officers, _pêle-mêle_. A few peasant women are present, their sombre garments clashing with the blue and red uniforms. It is a musical mass, and the music is worthy of a cathedral: all the @@ -501,7 +474,7 @@ to nervous attacks. Reymond, Verrier and myself have obtained a pass for Langres. Lunch at the hotel; napkins and tablecloth. What luxury! The young lady who serves us is very polite. We enter various shops to purchase chocolate, -wax candles, writing-paper, blacking, a lantern and some of Molière's +wax candles, writing-paper, blacking, a lantern and some of Molière's plays to read aloud in the loft. We return to Humes at six o'clock, shouting out songs at the top of our @@ -516,8 +489,8 @@ notice. My name is on the list, which includes men of the youngest classes and volunteers. It forms the contingent complement. We are fitted out from head to foot. First, we receive a blue muff with -which each man immediately covers his _képi_. This is the rallying -sign. Out in the streets, comrades who see us wearing a blue _képi_ +which each man immediately covers his _képi_. This is the rallying +sign. Out in the streets, comrades who see us wearing a blue _képi_ say-- "Ah! So you are one of the complement?" @@ -639,7 +612,7 @@ afternoon watching the trains full of wounded pass by. "My walk had a definite purpose, you see," he adds. Down below, we hear the faint tinkling of a bell, suspended from -the neck of an enormous dog, which we have nicknamed the _chien à +the neck of an enormous dog, which we have nicknamed the _chien à sonnettes_. In spite of his manifestly gentle disposition, this animal fills us @@ -650,7 +623,7 @@ has bitten no one, so far. _Thursday, 20th August_. -Is this the last réveillé in the loft? It has become a very comfortable +Is this the last réveillé in the loft? It has become a very comfortable spot. In the hay, where I lie wrapped up in a quilt, with a cotton nightcap coming over my ears, I would gladly sleep on into the middle of the morning. But it is five o'clock, and we must rise. @@ -677,7 +650,7 @@ and his appearance in our clan. The other day, at muster, there was a rumour abroad that we were soon to have a new sub-lieutenant from Alsace. Here he is, in the centre -of the square; of medium height, _papier mâché_ appearance, very dark +of the square; of medium height, _papier mâché_ appearance, very dark moustache, and the half-closed eyes of a myope. He wears red trousers and an extraordinary black coat, chimney-corner style, with a little gold lace at the sleeves. I look curiously at him, wondering where the @@ -697,7 +670,7 @@ Raising my hands, I say-- "I beg your pardon, I have never seen you except in a dress suit." And indeed, I remembered on the occasion of more than one general -rehearsal the elegant appearance of my confrère. Comparing to-day's +rehearsal the elegant appearance of my confrère. Comparing to-day's silhouette with that of former times, I simply remark-- "What a change! You look better in civilian clothes." @@ -712,7 +685,7 @@ they see the French?" "That's what they say at the depot, is it? Well, since you are about to leave for the front, you will see for yourselves." -Roberty is bored to death at Humes, though he tolerates the Hôtel +Roberty is bored to death at Humes, though he tolerates the Hôtel Girardot, with its garden and loft. He forgets his rank, and spends his leisure time with us. Discipline has already gained such a hold on us that at first we feel uneasy at such intimacy with a lieutenant. @@ -814,7 +787,7 @@ catastrophe. During the night we have changed direction: instead of continuing towards the east, Gerardmer and the Schlucht, at Laveline we were -shunted on to the line of Saint-Dié--Lunéville, across the Vosges. In +shunted on to the line of Saint-Dié--Lunéville, across the Vosges. In the distance to the right we hear the roar of the cannon. Raon-l'Etape. All change! It is noon. To the east of the station is a @@ -1300,7 +1273,7 @@ from six o'clock till midnight. _Wednesday, 26th August._ -At daybreak we reach Rambervillers. A major procures for me a _képi_ +At daybreak we reach Rambervillers. A major procures for me a _képi_ and an odd coat, and sends me to the hospital. My one object now is to find a pair of spectacles. The streets are @@ -1417,7 +1390,7 @@ Chalindrey, where I have two hours to wait for the Langres train. I wonder if I can find a chemist's shop. One is pointed out to me. The chemist looks me over with considerable suspicion and mistrust. A -shapeless _képi_, a dirty, threadbare coat, and an unshaven face all +shapeless _képi_, a dirty, threadbare coat, and an unshaven face all covered with mud are not prepossessing features. He asks-- "My dear fellow, what do you do in ordinary times?" @@ -1436,7 +1409,7 @@ though I were one of these. Then they motor me back to Humes. I cannot find words to thank them, nor do I know how to tell them that I will not forget their kindness. -The Hôtel Girardot and _Père Achille_ at the door! He recognizes me. +The Hôtel Girardot and _Père Achille_ at the door! He recognizes me. "A ghost!" @@ -1531,7 +1504,7 @@ entire confidence, however. _Tuesday, 1st September._ -Réveillé at three o'clock. The men who are well trained and ready to +Réveillé at three o'clock. The men who are well trained and ready to leave, and those who are weakly and more or less raw, are divided out into separate companies. @@ -1568,7 +1541,7 @@ our front from the Somme to the Vosges...." The Somme! We thought this phrase was simply a local _canard_, that by a typographical error the word _Somme_ had replaced the word _Sambre_. We imagined that fighting was still going on in Belgium. And the -communiqué of the 30th states that the Imperial Guard received a check +communiqué of the 30th states that the Imperial Guard received a check at Guise.... We read, without any great interest, details upon the constitution @@ -1588,7 +1561,7 @@ eyes; Jacquard, a little man who vainly tries to shout as loudly as Varlet, whose voice is that of a mob orator; lastly, Charensac, who comes from Auvergne, and resembles Sancho Panza in being as broad as he is tall. The latter man has a roguish little dark moustache, and -a beard that covers his neck. He wears his _képi_ on the back of his +a beard that covers his neck. He wears his _képi_ on the back of his head, over his neck. His paunch protrudes in the same extravagant fashion. The fellow seems determined to treat the war as a huge joke. These three march in the second rank; Reymond and I in the first, along @@ -1628,15 +1601,15 @@ _Saturday, 5th September._ No marching or drill to-day, since the order to leave may arrive any moment. -The English, says the communiqué, have taken ten cannon in the forest -of Compiègne.... +The English, says the communiqué, have taken ten cannon in the forest +of Compiègne.... -The Germans at Compiègne?... The train from Paris did not arrive this +The Germans at Compiègne?... The train from Paris did not arrive this morning. It is becoming quite stifling here. What is worse than the official dispatches is the multiplication of fantastic news. A famous airman has been shot as a spy; a mined forest -in the neighbourhood of Lunéville has been fired, destroying three +in the neighbourhood of Lunéville has been fired, destroying three German army corps.... From Brittany a telegram reaches me dated 31st August. It has been only @@ -1706,7 +1679,7 @@ He saw the corpses heaped up in piles. One piece of good news at all events. I take my leave of the Girardot family; we shake hands and drink -healths. Then I fondle and caress the huge dog, the _chien à +healths. Then I fondle and caress the huge dog, the _chien à sonnettes_, whose bell gives forth a more melancholy tinkle than ever. The campaign at Humes is ended. @@ -1766,7 +1739,7 @@ Belin, our corporal, has served nine years in the Foreign Legion, and so he knows the ropes. The gentlest and pleasantest of companions. In the two first-class carriages, besides Roberty, are Reymond and myself, Maxence, whom I have already mentioned, a handsome fellow from the -Franche-Comté, head taller than the rest of us, a lawyer and big landed +Franche-Comté, head taller than the rest of us, a lawyer and big landed proprietor, who knows Verlaine by heart, and lastly, Jacquard, Varlet and Charensac. @@ -1791,7 +1764,7 @@ _Thursday, 10th September._ Corbeil. Six hours' forced inactivity! We make some coffee along the track. A train full of wounded enters the station. We hurry to the doors of the vans and find that they are packed with soldiers -of all sorts, lying _pêle-mêle_ on the floor, arms, legs and heads +of all sorts, lying _pêle-mêle_ on the floor, arms, legs and heads intertwined. The uniforms are unrecognizable and in rags, covered with dust and blood. @@ -1828,7 +1801,7 @@ Anxious to create a feeling of sympathy, he exhibits his wound. I say to him-- -"_Mon garçon_, you shouldn't have gone to war." +"_Mon garçon_, you shouldn't have gone to war." No sooner has one train left the station than another steams up; for several hours the wounded file past without a break. @@ -1863,7 +1836,7 @@ treat us as heroes just the same. A second halt at Rue Auber. The crowd around grows larger and larger. It appears that Paris has been really threatened. This morning's -communiqué, however, states that the enemy has retired a distance of +communiqué, however, states that the enemy has retired a distance of forty kilometres. At the Gare Saint-Lazare more than two hundred out of the five hundred @@ -1978,13 +1951,13 @@ intervene before we can enter the place. Meanwhile, the stores have arrived. Whilst the pots are boiling we improvise a lunch for twenty-five in the large dining-room. The manager lends us napkins and a tablecloth, plates and glasses, and even a -_jardinière_ for putting flowers on the table. Our ordinary fare +_jardinière_ for putting flowers on the table. Our ordinary fare includes a fillet of beef and we have bought three fowls. Each man brings his own wine and bread. This sybaritic life, however, cannot last indefinitely. At two o'clock we make our way through a district which has witnessed terrible -battles. Arms and equipments, _képis_ and helmets and cloaks strew +battles. Arms and equipments, _képis_ and helmets and cloaks strew the ground. The smell of decomposing bodies passes in whiffs; it proceeds mainly from dead horses, still unburied, rotting away, their bodies all swollen and their legs rigid. By the side of a stack of @@ -2000,7 +1973,7 @@ recipients may have a good time in Paris, etc. Peasants come along with tales that uhlans are lurking in the neighbourhood. We waste a couple of hours in sending patrols to scour the woods. Not a single uhlan to be seen. We are caught in a shower -of rain and reach Lévignen at nightfall, wet through. The silence and +of rain and reach Lévignen at nightfall, wet through. The silence and solitude are intense. Enormous gaps in the houses have been made by shells. The gamekeeper--perhaps the only inhabitant--proposes to the lieutenant that the detachment be lodged in the church. By the light of @@ -2027,7 +2000,7 @@ die. A smell of decomposing flesh puts us to flight. The detachment again starts off early across a devastated land. We are gaily received by the inhabitants of Villers-Cotterets, who, delivered -from the enemy a couple of nights previously, fête the French troops +from the enemy a couple of nights previously, fête the French troops incessantly marching into the town. We quarter ourselves in the goods station, already partly occupied by @@ -2037,7 +2010,7 @@ appears behind a huge pot filled with coffee, from which the wounded help themselves. A German, his field-grey uniform in tatters, his jaws contracted and arms and legs all twisted up, is dying in a corner between two men attendants who do their best to relieve his agony. -Other Germans, more or less wounded, lie _pêle-mêle_ on the straw near +Other Germans, more or less wounded, lie _pêle-mêle_ on the straw near our own men. No disputes or quarrels, victors and vanquished are alike exhausted. @@ -2102,7 +2075,7 @@ They ask-- "Fifteen kilometres." -"_Ah! Là là!_" +"_Ah! Là là !_" Amongst them are men of the 352nd. Having met at the depot we recognize one another, and ask-- @@ -2217,7 +2190,7 @@ join us. Here, at all events, we are somewhat sheltered from the rain. I feel the ground: it is a bed of dung, and soft to the touch. Somebody's muddy shoe is pressed against my face; my back is being used as a pillow by the lieutenant. Huddling together, we feel the cold -less. We have had no dinner, merely some _pâté de foie gras_ spread +less. We have had no dinner, merely some _pâté de foie gras_ spread between biscuits as hard as wood. There is a strange odour about our hands, and the dining-room is anything but comfortable. @@ -2399,7 +2372,7 @@ And he begins-- with half-closed eyes, seem on the point of death. All have enormous dressings, stained with blood. Nurses eagerly attend to their needs. - On the platforms, _pêle-mêle_ with the soldiers, stand groups of + On the platforms, _pêle-mêle_ with the soldiers, stand groups of families, refugees from Belgium, the Ardennes and the Aisne. Women, seated on enormous bundles, weep all the time, though they keep an eye on the urchins as the latter play with the soldiers. @@ -2408,15 +2381,15 @@ And he begins-- clean-shaven, boyish faces, laughing heartily. They are in spick and span condition. We shout greetings to one another. In the distance I perceive the Eiffel Tower, which seems to me the finest monument in - the world. At Argenteuil, Archères, and all the stations, stand women, + the world. At Argenteuil, Archères, and all the stations, stand women, children, and old men along the line, cheering us as we pass, and sending kisses after us. On the night of the 3rd we are still _en route_. The lines are blocked, causing detours and occasioning delays. At Mantes we learn - that the German cavalry have put in an appearance at Compiègne and + that the German cavalry have put in an appearance at Compiègne and Senlis. We are informed that the Government is leaving for Bordeaux. - We descend at Bourget, and at Chennevières-les-Louvres rejoin the + We descend at Bourget, and at Chennevières-les-Louvres rejoin the regiment, which has been put to a severe trial at Proyart, in the Somme. It is then sent to the rear and entrusted with the duty of protecting the retreat. I am transferred to the 23rd company. @@ -2540,7 +2513,7 @@ And he begins-- We remain where we are until the following afternoon, the 10th September. Everything is perfectly quiet. After a gay lunch we stroll about a little. We notice French aeroplanes returning to headquarters - at Brégy. + at Brégy. In the evening we are quartered at Bouillancy, abandoned on the 7th by the Germans after a severe struggle: roofs and walls knocked in, @@ -2911,7 +2884,7 @@ In the morning we mount to the trenches and the day is spent idling about the grass. We have surrounded a corner of the meadow with branches of trees, sharpened and driven into the ground. No enemy, however excellent his observation glasses, could possibly discover our -whereabouts. It is almost as peaceful as under the apple-tree of _Père +whereabouts. It is almost as peaceful as under the apple-tree of _Père Achille_. A fencing match, with sticks for swords. Whenever the hum of an aeroplane is heard, the usual cry is raised-- @@ -2968,7 +2941,7 @@ future, seeing that the entire situation may change from day to day. _Thursday, 1st October._ -At dawn we leave for Le Châtelet, a hamlet perched on the heights +At dawn we leave for Le Châtelet, a hamlet perched on the heights overlooking the left bank of the Aisne, in front of Vic. A magnificent view over the valley. The company is to remain quartered here several weeks, to organize the position. The farm in which we are to lodge is @@ -2980,19 +2953,19 @@ I feel that I shall resume my old habits of cleanliness. _Friday, 2nd October._ -Alas! Réveillé at two in the morning. The situation has changed. The +Alas! Réveillé at two in the morning. The situation has changed. The 24th goes down to Gorgny, and with arms piled and haversacks on the -ground, is waiting in the enclosure of the château. At five comes the +ground, is waiting in the enclosure of the château. At five comes the order to depart. _En route_ for Courmelles, somewhere to the south of Soissons. A forced march of thirty kilometres through the night. At eleven o'clock we reach Courmelles, utterly worn out. Whilst waiting until our -quarters are ready, we lie down _pêle-mêle_ on the road alongside the +quarters are ready, we lie down _pêle-mêle_ on the road alongside the houses. A Moroccan brigade crosses the village. The moonlight projects a bluish light on to the rapid and silent march of these men, wrapped in great hoods and with enormous haversacks towering above their heads: -Mâtho's mercenaries. They are going in a northerly direction. +Mâtho's mercenaries. They are going in a northerly direction. The squadron sleeps in a loft abounding in straw. To cover my body I have a potato sack, which I use as a hood in the daytime. @@ -3121,7 +3094,7 @@ Out in the open, the order comes to fling away our cigarettes. Things are becoming serious. We pass through the suburbs of Soissons; the cathedral appears dimly in the moonlight. At the corner of a street lies a dead horse. All along the main road are the bivouacs of Alpine -troops. Vénizel. Here the English are guarding a level-crossing; +troops. Vénizel. Here the English are guarding a level-crossing; strapping fellows in khaki, who smoke pipes and shout "Good-night!" to us. Then a bridge, the crossing of the Aisne, an open plain, a village, a steep hill, a wood as dark as Hades. In spite of the cold @@ -3215,7 +3188,7 @@ At five o'clock Belin takes us back to the rear. We are dreadfully cold and our teeth are chattering. A good drink of hot coffee, followed by a mouthful of brandy, and we fall asleep. -The position dominating Bucy-le-Long and the plain of Vénizel was +The position dominating Bucy-le-Long and the plain of Vénizel was carried last month by the English and a body of Zouaves. They drove the Germans from the valley back to the heights and only halted on reaching a plain which extends to the horizon, a vast field of beetroots cut by @@ -3460,9 +3433,9 @@ _Saturday, 24th October._ As we see from letters and newspapers, civilians share in all the agitation and excitement of the war. We are out of all this. By the -aid of successive communiqués, those left behind follow the various +aid of successive communiqués, those left behind follow the various incidents of the great war on all the fronts at once. Perhaps, too, -they receive the _Bulletin des Armées_, not a single number of which we +they receive the _Bulletin des Armées_, not a single number of which we have yet seen.... They will not have lost a crumb of information! Whereas for a month and @@ -3682,7 +3655,7 @@ spent the night under cover. A pretty picture we make! For a hood I have flung over my head a potato-sack, and over my shoulders a wet bed-cover, as our grandmothers -used to do with their cashmere shawls. Hands and coats, _képis_ and +used to do with their cashmere shawls. Hands and coats, _képis_ and puttees are all covered with sticky yellow mud, whilst our rifles are useless, owing to the barrel being stopped up and the mechanism filled with earth. @@ -3708,7 +3681,7 @@ these depths we scarcely hear the roar of the cannon at all. At nightfall the entrance assumes quite a romantic aspect: a Hindu temple or Egyptian hypogeum, with its blue shadows and vivid lights. By moonlight it would make a fitting scene for the witches in Macbeth. Not -long ago we should have spoken of Fafner's cave, _Fafner's Höhle_! +long ago we should have spoken of Fafner's cave, _Fafner's Höhle_! In the interior the sharp-edged stone also gives the impression of theatrical cardboard scenery; the atmosphere is that of the Quarter: @@ -3739,7 +3712,7 @@ sneer. _Friday, 30th October._ Since last evening there has been a continuous fusillade in the -direction of the fort of Condé. The Germans are furiously bombarding +direction of the fort of Condé. The Germans are furiously bombarding the second line of our sector. A convoy of munitions passes along the road. Two gunners are wounded. We hear them cry out in the night-- @@ -3797,7 +3770,7 @@ to the mourning families of the dead soldiers. _Sunday, 1st November._ -A hot sun and a brilliant day, the right weather for a fête. The first +A hot sun and a brilliant day, the right weather for a fête. The first line is calmer than ever. Not a cannon shot is heard. @@ -3813,7 +3786,7 @@ lines. He discovers his mistake just in time and we beat a retreat. Sergeant Chaboy, making his round, stops to have a few words with us. "Expect to be fired upon shortly," he says. "An attack is brewing from -the direction of Condé." +the direction of Condé." After a silence, he adds-- @@ -3830,7 +3803,7 @@ make a sketch and I to write a letter, as we await the promised attack. Nothing happens, however. Sleep is our only enemy. Reymond puts on his poncho, wraps a red silk handkerchief round his head, and, pretending to strum away on a shovel as though it were a mandolin, softly hums a -_malagueña_. +_malagueña_. _Tuesday, 3rd November._ @@ -3855,7 +3828,7 @@ The captain explains-- "I am off to inspect my battery. During my absence, sit here and keep your eyes glued to the telescope. What you see is one of the entrances -of the fort of Condé, about five kilometres distant. If you find the +of the fort of Condé, about five kilometres distant. If you find the enemy mustering, telephone immediately. The spot is marked, our guns will be fired, and you will be able to see what happens." @@ -3896,7 +3869,7 @@ well feel proud. How nice to be some one "with his wits about him." _Wednesday, 4th; Thursday, 5th November._ -My rôle as observer is rendered ineffectual by a dense mist. +My rôle as observer is rendered ineffectual by a dense mist. Alpine infantry from the _Midi_ relieve us. The company goes down to quarter at Bucy-le-Long. We have now been in the trenches twelve @@ -4083,7 +4056,7 @@ winding; a sort of toboggan covered with pebbles. A candle, quick! We gather round the flame. "Boys," says Reymond, "since we are not going to die immediately, -suppose we break into my best _pâté de foie gras_?" +suppose we break into my best _pâté de foie gras_?" Agreed unanimously. We summon Varlet and Jacquard, and the six of us devour some famous sandwiches. Unfortunately, there is nothing to drink. @@ -4137,15 +4110,15 @@ to stamp the soles of our boots on the ground, or knock them against the trunk of a tree. The soup reaches us in a congealed condition. At three o'clock the infantry come to replace us. Gladly do we give way -to them, and the company retires to Bucy. We sleep at "La Rémoise," a -combined café and grocer's store. The mistress agrees to serve dinner +to them, and the company retires to Bucy. We sleep at "La Rémoise," a +combined café and grocer's store. The mistress agrees to serve dinner and allows us to sleep under the tables of the large dining-room, on the floor. Quite enough to satisfy us this evening. _Tuesday, 10th November._ -At "La Rémoise" we do not feel at home; we must find something better. +At "La Rémoise" we do not feel at home; we must find something better. On the other side of the street is a house intact. There I find two old people, brother and sister, and after a little bargaining they consent to receive Maxime, Verrier, Reymond, myself, and Jules, for Roberty's @@ -4804,7 +4777,7 @@ drayman, possesses the classic physique of a Zouave. _Piaf_ and Briban are now our cooks. Briban is called the "Fireman," because, having had his head-gear removed by a bullet in September, after going for a whole week in a cotton cap, he at last found in a -field a fireman's _képi_, of which he took immediate possession. +field a fireman's _képi_, of which he took immediate possession. The first company also includes Verrier, Maxence, Varlet, Jacquard, Reymond and myself. A fine squadron. @@ -4919,7 +4892,7 @@ Belin makes a friendly review to assure himself of the fact. Thin and sharp-featured, his capote well brushed and stretched, and the lower part of his trousers rolled inside his leggings, Belin exhibits subtle poisings of his body and impressive movements of his arm as he -points to the sky. He knows how to shout out the "_Hô Mohâmed!_" the +points to the sky. He knows how to shout out the "_Hô Mohâmed!_" the rallying cry intended to reach the ears of the comrade who has gone astray. @@ -4944,7 +4917,7 @@ The German offensive seems to have been broken. What will they attempt now? This morning our attack of the 12th is honoured by the following -communiqué: "We have made slight progress between Crouy and Vregny." +communiqué: "We have made slight progress between Crouy and Vregny." Multum in parvo. Here's something to make us proud, but more especially something to make us modest and patient when we think of what those men are going through who are fighting in the North, living and dying in @@ -5078,7 +5051,7 @@ The Pont-Rouge road, which leads direct to the enemy, who is entrenched three hundred yards away, is blocked by a rampart of sand-bags. These bags are covered with blood. It was here that the 5th Battalion, on the 12th of this month, deposited their wounded and dead. -A few broken rifles heaped up along the copse, _pêle-mêle_ with various +A few broken rifles heaped up along the copse, _pêle-mêle_ with various military equipment. Balls whistle in our ears; sometimes they ricochet on the frozen ground @@ -5087,7 +5060,7 @@ and glance off with a singing sound. _Saturday, 21st November._ -To-night the thermometer is 13° Centigrade below zero. I have slept +To-night the thermometer is 13° Centigrade below zero. I have slept very well, in the open air, rolled in canvas wrappings at the bottom of the trench. On waking I see Jacquard's hirsute beard, kind innocent eyes and red nose. The rest of his face is swathed in chestnut-coloured @@ -5163,7 +5136,7 @@ certain degree of reserve, but Jules speedily finds reassuring words; he exhorts us to mend our manners, and pays court to the ladies. A most valuable fellow, Jules! -He is a native of Franche-Comté. Evidently this district does not +He is a native of Franche-Comté. Evidently this district does not produce thin sorry-looking specimens of humanity. Jules possesses the frame and physique of a wrestler. His big shining face, flanked with enormous ears, is illumined by two small eyes which give the impression @@ -5200,7 +5173,7 @@ Jules' activity to attend to them. and sleeping in the village. Run along and find us a house." Jules pretends to be considerably embarrassed. He raises his arms, -takes his _képi_ between his first finger and thumb, and scratching his +takes his _képi_ between his first finger and thumb, and scratching his head with his other three fingers, says-- "That's just your way! Jules, find me this, or Jules, find me that! @@ -5229,7 +5202,7 @@ company in general-- round. Besides, I gave her to understand that you were real gentlemen." The natives of the South of France may be braggarts; anyhow, this one -from the Franche-Comté could easily give them points. If mention is +from the Franche-Comté could easily give them points. If mention is made of a farmer's wife or even of some lady of the manor within a radius of ten leagues, Jules begins to cluck like a hen, to slap his hands on his thighs, and with appropriate gestures he gives us to @@ -5390,7 +5363,7 @@ outhouses. A fowl is killed on a dunghill by a shrapnel ball. What with the boom of the cannon and the bleating of the sheep, the hours pass very slowly. Reymond, however, pilots us over the grotto as though it were a gallery of Roman catacombs. Provided with a piece of candle, -he mumbles away like a sexton: "_Questo è la tomba di santa Cecilia; +he mumbles away like a sexton: "_Questo è la tomba di santa Cecilia; tutto marmo antico!_" When the cannonade stops, out in the yard he organizes a fancy bullfight, in which each of us, supplied with the necessary accessories, in turn impersonates the bull, the espada, the @@ -5437,7 +5410,7 @@ The next moment the ranks are broken, and each man returns to his quarters, laughing and joking at the incident. After all, we make a jest of everything. This is the secret of that -dash and enthusiasm boasted of in the official communiqués, and about +dash and enthusiasm boasted of in the official communiqués, and about which civilians must have the most vague ideas. The good humour that has stood a campaign of four months must be in the grain; at all events, it is of quite a special kind. @@ -5461,10 +5434,10 @@ again, it remains here. This evening, in the grotto, Maxence lies on his back smoking a cigarette. He murmurs softly to Reymond, who is making a sketch, some -lines from the _Fêtes galantes_-- +lines from the _Fêtes galantes_-- _Au calme clair de lune triste et beau - Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres + Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres Et sangloter d'extase les jets d'eau, Les grands jets d'eau sveltes parmi les marbres._ @@ -5693,7 +5666,7 @@ nothing. No, this time no great damage has been done. "A 150 shell exploded in Madame B.'s garden, over there on the right, -and _père_ Untel just missed being killed in his loft by a spent ball." +and _père_ Untel just missed being killed in his loft by a spent ball." We remark gravely-- @@ -5807,7 +5780,7 @@ morning, but this is something it is impossible to "cut." Between meals I write letters. Maxence, seated near the fire, with his legs crossed and his hand under his chin, smokes cigarettes. He muses, and at the same time keeps an eye on a rice pudding on the point of -boiling over. This native of Franche-Comté feasts on the most insipid +boiling over. This native of Franche-Comté feasts on the most insipid things, and obstinately refuses to drink wine or to eat cheese. Fond of hunting, he chatters away to Jules, who comes from the same province. Landed proprietor and poacher discuss the different methods of tracking @@ -5822,7 +5795,7 @@ him roll a cigarette enables one to see that he never does anything lightly. About noon the _Petit Parisien_ reaches Bucy. The reading of the -communiqué and the dispatches gives us to understand how impossible +communiqué and the dispatches gives us to understand how impossible it is to foresee the end of the war. Six months ... a year.... Such are the hypotheses we once laughed at, though now they appear logical enough. At bottom, we believe there will happen something unexpected @@ -5850,7 +5823,7 @@ the room, between fireplace and bed, is everlastingly drawing away at a pipe that has gone out. From time to time he walks to the door and stands there for a while. On returning, he says-- -"There's some heavy firing going on above the Gué-Brûlé." +"There's some heavy firing going on above the Gué-Brûlé." _Saturday, 12th December._ @@ -5939,7 +5912,7 @@ The entire plain is furrowed with a vast network of fortifications. The Germans construct listening posts eighty yards distant from our own. In a few more weeks the wires will be touching one another. -From our front lines project antennæ or feelers, portions of trench +From our front lines project antennæ or feelers, portions of trench driven as near as possible to the enemy, and connected with the main trench by a deep zigzag branch. @@ -5989,7 +5962,7 @@ visit. Few serious cases; chiefly the wan expressions and dejected looks of tired men. Here comes the major. He has just finished breakfast with the -colonel, who is staying at the château opposite. He is from the +colonel, who is staying at the château opposite. He is from the Vosges--young-looking and slim, average height, of ruddy complexion, with a rough voice and dark, piercing eyes. As each man awaits his turn he questions the attendants-- @@ -6019,7 +5992,7 @@ as the intestines. The doctor accordingly asks-- Every one receives his deserts. The genuine cases are "exempt from trench service"; those who are war-worn and tired out are exempted from some particular duty. As for the rest, the major writes opposite their -names on the sergeant's card the words, _Visite motivée_, a cabalistic +names on the sergeant's card the words, _Visite motivée_, a cabalistic formula implying that there was no reason whatsoever why they should have come up for examination. @@ -6081,7 +6054,7 @@ already. "Now, be careful. No nonsense, remember!" -A _tête-à-tête_ dinner, a very quiet affair, after which we lie down on +A _tête-à -tête_ dinner, a very quiet affair, after which we lie down on our beds. "How comfortable!" @@ -6092,7 +6065,7 @@ back in civil life! The low-roofed room, which receives air and light only by way of the door, was evidently white-washed long ago. There are spiders' webs in every corner. The floor consists of beaten earth. The walls are bare -except for two chromos--Nicholas II and Félix Faure--just visible +except for two chromos--Nicholas II and Félix Faure--just visible beneath fly-stained glasses. The beds take up almost the entire space available. We sleep right through the night and late into the next morning. The hours spent in profound slumber represent so much gained @@ -6128,14 +6101,14 @@ attendants. A hearty welcome, cups of tea, every one very polite. A couple of armchairs are provided for us by the fireplace. We are treated like lords of a manor. -The Germans are now firing upon Vénizel, some distance farther away. +The Germans are now firing upon Vénizel, some distance farther away. The petrol works seem to be in flames. Our hosts invite us to view the spectacle from the second floor. It is hazy, however, and nothing can be distinguished except a dense cloud of yellowish smoke on the other bank of the Aisne. "Really, you have no luck at all!" exclaim the attendants; "generally -we can make out Vénizel as distinctly as though we were in the town +we can make out Vénizel as distinctly as though we were in the town itself." Soissons also is being violently bombarded. @@ -6259,7 +6232,7 @@ things one cannot understand at all. _Monday, 21st December._ During the night a regiment of territorials have arrived who have not -yet seen fire. They make a fine _début_, for Bucy is subjected to a +yet seen fire. They make a fine _début_, for Bucy is subjected to a heavier bombardment than ever; explosions for three hours without a break. A rain of iron splinters and balls falls upon the roof of our lodging. The tiles come toppling down into the yard. Varlet, who has @@ -6350,7 +6323,7 @@ German alike. The sergeant in command of the patrol goes out into the hail of iron to bring back the wounded man, and returns intact, though his clothes are torn to shreds and his hands are all blood-stained. The corporal's arm is reduced to pulp, and his thigh has also received a -ball. The hæmorrhage is stopped as well as circumstances permit. +ball. The hæmorrhage is stopped as well as circumstances permit. The lieutenant comes round and says-- @@ -6503,7 +6476,7 @@ have some sourcrout--Alsatian, of course. There are five large tins of it, along with a knuckle of ham. Then follow all kinds of sausages, one of which has come from Milan. We speedily dispatch it, at the same time exhorting our "Latin sister" to join in with us. Carried away by -an irresistible impulse, the squadron takes by assault several _pâtés +an irresistible impulse, the squadron takes by assault several _pâtés de foie gras_. The dessert is most varied: pears, oranges, preserves in jars, in tubes and in pails, a pudding which flames up when you apply a match to it, and, last of all, a drink which the cook has most @@ -6540,18 +6513,18 @@ the songs of Montmartre, artistes' refrains, fertile in spicy nonsense. We mark time by tapping our empty plates with the back of the hand. The noisy merriment is intensified when we come to the chorus. -With frenzied enthusiasm the squadron shouts out the chorus of Hervé's +With frenzied enthusiasm the squadron shouts out the chorus of Hervé's _Turcs_-- _Nous, nous sommes les soldats Et nous marchons au pas, - Plus souvent au trépas...._ + Plus souvent au trépas...._ And now Charensac comes forward. "Make way for the Ambassador of Auvergne," barks out Varlet. -"Quite right, I am from Auvergne, and I'm going to dance the _bourrée_." +"Quite right, I am from Auvergne, and I'm going to dance the _bourrée_." He dances it, all alone. Some of the audience, making a humming sound with their hands, the rest whistling or else beating time with cans and @@ -6564,7 +6537,7 @@ exhausted, he still finds it possible to shout out in joyous accents-- "Now, ladies and gentlemen, a collection for 'l'artisse.'" And he mimics in succession a lion-tamer and a lady walking the tight -rope. The sous rain down into his _képi_. +rope. The sous rain down into his _képi_. Thereupon Charensac strikes a lyrical vein. He sings in the _patois_ of Auvergne, and, being in an expansive mood, relates the whole of his @@ -6626,8 +6599,8 @@ pickets serve the purpose of sceptres. Some one walks backwards in front of the kings, with an electric lamp raised above his head. This represents the star. -The star guides us back to our _crèche_, where the candles have just -flickered out. Kings and shepherds lie _pêle-mêle_ on the ground, and +The star guides us back to our _crèche_, where the candles have just +flickered out. Kings and shepherds lie _pêle-mêle_ on the ground, and the loud snoring soon proves them to be sound asleep. @@ -6842,11 +6815,11 @@ one passes a certain corner. Charensac, however, disdains the very idea of peril; he is very brave. The other day, when he was brawling away as usual, his weary neighbour interrupted him-- -"_Ah! là, là_, you wouldn't make such a noise if we were attacking." +"_Ah! là , là _, you wouldn't make such a noise if we were attacking." Charensac replied, not without an air of dignity, speaking instinctively of himself in the third person, as though he might have -been Cæsar or Napoleon-- +been Cæsar or Napoleon-- "Don't trouble yourself about Charensac. Just keep by his side when there is hot work to be done, then no one will ever be in a position to @@ -7120,7 +7093,7 @@ the hour of relief arrives. On reaching our Ali-Baba cave, we learn that a 210 shell fell this afternoon in front of the grotto on a spot which for months we have regarded as absolutely sheltered. Sergeant Martin has been hurled into -the air and the cooks flung _pêle-mêle_ on to the ground. Even in the +the air and the cooks flung _pêle-mêle_ on to the ground. Even in the galleries the men have been lifted off their feet by an irresistible shock. It is discovered that no one has received any real harm except Sergeant Martin, whose left leg has been cut off close to the pelvis. @@ -7173,7 +7146,7 @@ Those left in the dug-out are busily occupied. First, there is the cleaning to be done. Our predecessors have left bones and pieces of waste paper lying about, and the sight is sickening. -"_Ah, là là!_ Could they not have removed their own filth themselves?" +"_Ah, là là !_ Could they not have removed their own filth themselves?" Then three tent canvases are opened out upon one another in front of the entrance to the dug-out. This is a delicate operation: no space or @@ -7374,14 +7347,14 @@ grotto, whilst a heavy cannonade is preparing an attack on Hill 132. The attack is made at sunset. The Moroccans and light infantry carry a third line of trenches, and fortify themselves on the upland, almost -touching the Perrière farm. +touching the Perrière farm. _Monday, 11th January._ The whole afternoon we stand at the entrance of the grotto watching the big projectiles fall upon Bucy. _Vr--ran!_ _vr--ran!_ In the evening, -silence again reigns; the 21st and 24th go down to Vénizel, on the +silence again reigns; the 21st and 24th go down to Vénizel, on the Aisne, a distance of four kilometres from Bucy. For the first time since the 15th of November we are about to find @@ -7462,7 +7435,7 @@ Meuret come running up, out of breath, and sputter out-- Various exclamations. We hastily equip ourselves. When the section is mustered, the lieutenant first makes us cross the -bridge of Vénizel and pass along the left bank of the Aisne, i.e. +bridge of Vénizel and pass along the left bank of the Aisne, i.e. in the direction opposite to the seat of battle. Here we begin to descend with the stream. The swollen waters, of slimy yellow, carry off debris of every kind. After proceeding a kilometre, we reach a wooden @@ -7470,7 +7443,7 @@ bridge. The flood is so strong that the current threatens to wash over the flooring. This bridge has been constructed by the English; it still bears inscriptions in their language. We cross; again we find ourselves on the right bank. To reach the trenches we shall have -to traverse, in open daylight, the plain of Vénizel, which is three +to traverse, in open daylight, the plain of Vénizel, which is three kilometres wide, and under the enemy's fire from the neighbouring heights. @@ -7820,7 +7793,7 @@ slackens. I grasp a few hands. "_Au revoir_, old fellow. You'll get there all right." I cross Bucy. Stupefied, the inhabitants stand at the doors. There are -ruins everywhere. A few of the women are in tears. The road to Vénizel: +ruins everywhere. A few of the women are in tears. The road to Vénizel: four kilometres straight across the plain. My fevered excitement sustains me, along with the one obsessing idea: If only I can reach the bridge I shall not be caught. @@ -7847,7 +7820,7 @@ and I say-- "I am not wounded, you know, I am only ill." -Vénizel. I meet Perron, the head stretcher-bearer of the 352nd. He is +Vénizel. I meet Perron, the head stretcher-bearer of the 352nd. He is going to Billy, to bring away some wounded. He offers to accompany me, and takes my arm. Two more kilometres in the dark. Fortunately we know the country well. The cannon having stopped, the sudden silence is @@ -7879,7 +7852,7 @@ _Thursday, 14th January._ Twice in the night I awake with a start. Bare-footed and in my nightshirt, I run outside to listen. They are our own troops passing in -the direction of Vénizel. The Germans will not cross the Aisne. +the direction of Vénizel. The Germans will not cross the Aisne. At eight in the morning I continue my way, with a wounded man belonging to the 21st. Billy is a very excited place. @@ -7899,9 +7872,9 @@ Unfortunately, no one can tell me anything of Belin! At Septmonts an ambulance doctor examines me thoroughly. -"Good; I must pack you off to bed. Go and see Desprès." +"Good; I must pack you off to bed. Go and see Desprès." -Desprès has a small pavilion near the château, containing beds for +Desprès has a small pavilion near the château, containing beds for about a score of sick and wounded. He is the hospital attendant. Busily engaged as he is, running from one bed to another, he gives me some food, and I speedily find myself tucked in between the white sheets. @@ -7911,7 +7884,7 @@ How calm and quiet it is here! I feel more tired and feeble than ever. _Sunday, 17th January._ For three days I have been resting here under the watchful care of -Desprès, who bestows as much attention on his patients as would a +Desprès, who bestows as much attention on his patients as would a mother. It puzzles me exceedingly how this excellent and kind-hearted fellow manages to get through his various duties. 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