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Bullets and Billets

by Bruce Bairnsfather

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  1. 1Dedication — Foreword
  2. 2Chapter I — Landing at Havre — Tortoni’s — Follow — The Tram Lines…
  3. 3Chapter II — Tortuous Travelling — Clippers and Tablets — Dumped at…
  4. 4Chapter III — Those Plugstreet Trenches — Mud and Rain — Flooded Ou…
  5. 5Chapter IV — More Mud — Rain and Bullets — A Bit of Cake — “Wind Up…
  6. 6Chapter V — My Man Friday — “Chuck Us the Biscuits” — Relieved — Bi…
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Transport Farm — Fleeced by the Flemish — Riding —…
  8. 8Chapter VII — A Projected Attack — -Digging a Sap — An ‘Ell of a Ni…
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Christmas Eve — A Lull in Hate — Briton Cum Boche
  10. 10Chapter IX — Souvenirs — A Ride to Nieppe — Tea at H.Q. — Trenches…
  11. 11Chapter X — My Partial Escape From the Mud — The Deserted Village —…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Stocktaking — Fortifying — Nebulous Fragments
  13. 13Chapter XII — A Brain Wave — Making a “Funk Hole” — Plugstreet Wood…
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Robinson Crusoe — That Turbulent Table
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Amphibians — Fed Up, but Determined — The Gun Par…
  16. 16Chapter XV — Arrival of the “Johnsons” — “Where — Did That One Go?”…
  17. 17Chapter XVI — New Trenches — The Night Inspection — Letter From the…
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Wulverghem — The Douve — Corduroy — Boards — Back at…
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The Painter and Decorator — Fragments — Forming — N…
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Visions of Leave — Dick Turpin — Leave!
  21. 21Chapter XX — That Leave Train — My Old Pal — London and Home — The…
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Back From Leave — That “Blinkin’ Moon” — Johnson ‘Ole…
  23. 23Chapter XXII — A Daylight Stalk — The Disused Trench — “Did They Se…
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Our Moated Farm — Wulverghem — The Curé’s House — A…
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — That Ration Fatigue — Sketches in Request — Bailleul…
  26. 26Chapter XXV — Getting Stale — Longing for Change — We Leave the Dou…
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — A Pleasant Change — Suzette, Berthe and Marthe — “La…
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Getting Fit — Caricaturing the Curé — “Dirty Work A…
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — We March for Ypres — Halt at Locre — A Bleak Camp…
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Getting Nearer — A Lugubrious Party — Still — Nearer…
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Rain and Mud — A Trying March — In the Thick of It —…
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — Slowly Recovering — Field Hospital — Ambulance — Tra…

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