All for a Few Feet of France
A French officer witnesses the chaos of battle.
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A French officer witnesses the chaos of battle.
A French officer found that the corpses half-buried in the walls of a trench became a matter of mirth.
The final installment in a series of excerpts from a French officer’s war-time journal
The second installment in a series of excerpts from a French officer’s war-time journal
The first installment in a series of excerpts from a French officer’s war-time journal