Versailles, 7 a.m.—At 3 a.m. at Chartres an officer of a Zouave Regiment, in blue and gold Zouave, blue sash, crimson bags like petticoats, and black puttees, and his smartly dressed sister, came into my carriage; both very nice and polite and friendly. He was 21, had fought in three campaigns, and been wounded twice; [...]
Category Archives: II. Le Mans: Wounded from the Aisne
Saturday, October 10th.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
“Orders by Lt.-Col. ——, R.A.M.C., A.D.M.S., Advanced Base Headquarters, October 10th, 1914. Sister —— will proceed to Villeneuve Triage to-day, and on arrival will report to Major ——, R.A.M.C, for duty on Ambulance Trains.” So it’s come at last, and I have handed over my officers, and am now installed by the R.T.O. in a [...]
Friday, October 9th.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
My compound fractured femur man told me how he stopped his bullet. Some wounded Germans held up the white flag and he went to them to help them. When he was within seven yards, the man he was going to help shot him in the thigh. A Coldstream Guardsman with him then split the German’s [...]
Thursday, October 8th.
Monday, October 8, 2007
There was a very picturesque and rather touching scene at No.— this afternoon. They had a concert in the open quadrangle, with vined cloisters on all four sides, and holy statues and crucifixes about. In the middle were the audience—rows of stretchers with contented Tommies smoking and enjoying it (some up in their grey-blue pyjamas), [...]
Wednesday, October 7th.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
I have been down to the station this evening; heard that St Nazaire is being given up as a base, which means that no more ambulance trains will come through. The five Germans in my ward told me this morning that only the Reichstag and the Kaiser wanted the War; that Russia began it, so [...]
Tuesday, October 6th.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
I am now dividing my time between the top floor of Tommies and five Germans and the Officers’ Ward, where I relieve S. —— for meals and off duty. There are some bad dressings in the top ward. The five Germans are quiet, fat, and amenable, glad to exchange a few remarks in their own [...]
Friday, October 2nd.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
They continue to die every day and night at both Hospitals, though we are taking few new cases in now. I am frightfully attached to Le Mans as a place. The town is old and curly, and full of lovely corners and “Places,” and views and Avenues and Gardens. The Cathedral grows more and more [...]
Thursday, October 1st.
Monday, October 1, 2007
The sky in Mid France on October 1st is of a blue that outblues the bluest that June or any other month can do in l’Angleterre. It is cold in the early mornings and evenings, dazzling all day, and shining moon by night. The H.A.C. are all over the town: they do orderly duty at [...]
Wednesday, September 30th.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Have been doing the sick officers all day (or rather wounded). They are quite nice, but the lack of equipment makes twice the work. We are still having bright sunny days, but it is getting cold, and I shall be glad of warmer clothes. The food at the still filthy Inn in a dark outhouse [...]
Tuesday, September 29th.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
We were sold last night after all. Trailed down to the station to await the train according to orders, and were then told by the A.D.M.S. that it had gone to Havre this journey, and couldn’t be on this line till next week, and we could go to bed. So after all the embraces of [...]