Originally published in 1919, this book contains the French text of five memoirs written by authors serving in the armed forces during WWI.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.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.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. This poetically-phrased and insightful book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the French experience of the First World War.Marcel Nadaud: Un bapt?me; Son fils; Le pirate; La blessure; Le mur; Au couvent; Gaston Riou: Prisonnier; Fi?vre et cafard; J'ai une table; Un autre d?junner; La premi?re lettre; La cit? primitive; Le jour des morts 1914; Les russes; Le petit peuple allemand et la guerre; La travers?e de la Suisse; Jean Renaud: Gott mit uns; Le village fant?me; La supr?me infamie; La route tragique; Une rel?ve; Capitaine Canudo: K?r?v?s-D?r?; 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 r?giment; La patrie; Une bonne angine; Guerre et po?sie; Cent soldats fran?ais inconnus; Aux lignes; En Alsace reconquise; Camp Benoit; L'attaque.