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Deeds of heroism and bravery

History_-_Warfare · 113 章

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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Deeds of heroism and bravery DEEDS OF HEROISM AND BRAVERY Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR INTRODUCTION THE SOLDIER GERMAN TREACHERY GRENFELL RESCUES THE GUNS “I FEEL A HEAP STRONGER SPIRITUALLY”A Vision of Inferno from which Even a Dante Would Have Shrunk——“What Hell Must Be Like”SOMETHING OF A MYTH DARE-DEVIL FIGHTERS FROM THE PARIS SLUMS IN THE THICK OF IT AT BELLEAU WOOD UNORTHODOX BUT STANCH WARM HEARTED AND FEARLESS TAKES A MUD BATH A Turk Whose Sense of Humor Made the Tommies His Friends at Gallipoli Though the Reports Are all Too Few Every Doctor Was a Hero RESCUES A VILLAGE A Braw Hieland Laddie’s Impressions of What Happened When “We Were Over the Top Like a Lot of Dogs Let Loose”An Episode of the Gallipoli Campaign Typical of the Fighting SNIFFS AT HUN TANKS “To Be Ready Ever to Fight for the Cause They Think is Right”NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT CHARGE OF THE “MAD IRISHMAN”THE LAST SHOT RUNNERS AND M.P.’S STOOD THE BRUNT WITNESSES AN AIR DUEL THE LIVING DEAD A BIT OF A MISTAKE THEIR LAST OVER TAKES UP HIS FRIEND “SORT OF SWIMMING-LIKE”A DASH STRAIGHT AHEAD “WE STILL STAND FIRMLY”OTHER DOUGHTY CHAPS “BRAVO, CAPORAL”TOO MUCH FUSS FOR HIM A New Zealand Soldier with the Qualities of a Fenimore Cooper Hero THE MARTYR HERO GAVE THEM BOLOS A SHOVEL TO THE RESCUE BILL ACCEPTED FOR SERVICE WHEN THE HOUR CAME How a Handful of Russian “Madmen” Held the Fort Until They Were Wiped Out FORGETTING ENMITY How the Scotch Snipers Fortified Themselves Against a German Attack at Dawn KNICKERBOCKER WAITER SHE DEFIES CONTROL FOR THE LAST LOOK VON BISSING’S DEFENSE TWICE SAVED FROM THE GERMANS THEIR FIRST ENGAGEMENT TOO BUSY TO REFUSE HER SWORD IN HAND, SHE LED THE ATTACK This Young Englishwoman Risked Death in a Hideous Form to Save the Lives of Others THE LAST FLIGHT JIM’S TURN CAME THE FLIGHT INTO THE UNKNOWN A LAST AUTOGRAPH A WREATH FOR HIS VICTIM HIS END A MYSTERY The Formidable Odds Against Which a Young English Pilot Daringly Battled, Only to Fall 14,000 Feet Into the Sea “LIKE SHOOTING CLAY PIGEONS”THE RETURN FROM PARIS The Brilliant Exploit That Marked the First “Down” of a “Zepp” by Airplane MAKING A CLEAN JOB MILLER’S RALLYING FEAT A STOWAWAY ON A “HELL SHIP”BROUGHT HIM DOWN GERMANS REPORT DEATH AVIATOR PRICE DOWNS THREE PLANES THE WORLD’S GREATEST LAUNCHING MAKING HIS ESCAPE AS SQUADRON COMMANDER THE GUNBOAT SIXTEEN BULLETS A DUMMY SMOKE-STACK THE CRESSY TURNS TURTLE “WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST”THE VALLEYS OF THE BLUE SHROUDS DUMBFOUNDED AUSTRIANS EDITH CAVELL A HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT ON DECK One of a Crew That Was Saved Tells of the Thrilling Moments Just Before the Final Plunge FREED AFTER THE ARMISTICE SAVED AFTER 54½ HOURS I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH A COMPASSLESS RETURN CANADIANS Vale, CAP TRAFALGAR!TURNED TO MINE-SWEEPING CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES THE BOLO PASHA FOLLY A SUPERSUBTLE KNAVE AMERICA’S HIGH-CLASS SPIES A Traitor of Belgium Posing as an Allied Soldier Served the Germans EDITH CAVELL It Did Not Wait for Winds to Swing Its Arms for German Guidance FACED DEATH A HERO AGAIN THE DEPUTY THE WIND-UP THE EXPLOSION WHAT FAY PICTURED HIS HOME HONORS Driving His Automobile over a Shell-Swept Road a French Lad Braved Death to Deliver the Dead FOOTNOTES:TANK CORPS THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE