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A Yankee in the Trenches, by R. Derby Holmes
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Title: A Yankee in the Trenches
Author: R. Derby Holmes
Release Date: August 25, 2004 [EBook 13279]
Language: English
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[Illustration: CORPORAL HOLMES IN THE UNIFORM OF THE 22ND LONDON BATTALION, QUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT, H.M. IMPERIAL ARMY. Frontispiece.]
A YANKEE IN THE TRENCHES
By
R. DERBY HOLMES
CORPORAL OF THE 22D LONDON BATTALION OF THE QUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT
ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1918
Dedication
TO MARION A. PUTTEE, SOUTHALL, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE LOVING THOUGHTS AND DEEDS BESTOWED UPON ME WHEN I WAS A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
FOREWORD
I have tried as an American in writing this book to give the public a complete view of the trenches and life on the Western Front as it appeared to me, and also my impression of conditions and men as I found them. It has been a pleasure to write it, and now that I have f