A German deserter's war experience

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Translator's Preface	v
I	Marching into Belgium	1
II	Fighting in Belgium	8
III	Shooting Civilians in Belgium	23
IV	German Soldiers and Belgian Civilians	32
V	The Horrors of Street Fighting	38
VI	Crossing the Meuse	45
VII	In Pursuit	49
VIII	Nearly Buried Alive on the Battlefield	58
IX	Soldiers Shooting Their Own Officers	65
X	Sacking Suippes	73
XI	Marching to the Battle of the Marne—Into the Trap	82
XII	At the Marne—In the Maw of Death	89
XIII	The Rout of the Marne	99
XIV	The Flight from the Marne	108
XV	At the End of the Flight	120
XVI	The Beginning of Trench Warfare	130
XVII	Friendly Relations with the Enemy	142
XVIII	Fighting in the Argonnes	148
XIX	Christmas in the Trenches	156
XX	The "Itch"—A Savior	164
XXI	In the Hell of Vauquois	172
XXII	Sent on Furlough	178
XXIII	The Flight to Holland	183
XXIV	America and Safety	189

A GERMAN DESERTER'S WAR
EXPERIENCE

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