A GERMAN DESERTER'S WAR EXPERIENCE

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CONTENTS

I MARCHING INTO BELGIUM

II FIGHTING IN BELGIUM

III SHOOTING CIVILIANS IN BELGIUM

IV GERMAN SOLDIERS AND BELGIAN CIVILIANS

V THE HORRORS OF STREET FIGHTING

VI CROSSING THE MEUSE

VII IN PURSUIT

VIII NEARLY BURIED ALIVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD

IX SOLDIERS SHOOTING THEIR OWN OFFICERS

X SACKING SUIPPES

XI MARCHING TO THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE—INTO THE TRAP

XII AT THE MARNE—IN THE MAW OF DEATH

XIII THE ROUT OF THE MARNE

XIV THE FLIGHT FROM THE MARNE

XV AT THE END OF THE FLIGHT

XVI THE BEGINNING OF TRENCH WARFARE

XVII FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THE ENEMY

XVIII FIGHTING IN THE ARGONNES

XIX CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES

XX THE "ITCH"—A SAVIOR

XXI IN THE HELL OF VAUQUOIS

XXII SENT ON FURLOUGH

XXIII THE FLIGHT TO HOLLAND

XXIV AMERICA AND SAFETY