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Title: The White Road to Verdun

Author: Kathleen Burke

Release Date: March 22, 2004 [eBook #11679]

Language: English

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THE WHITE ROAD TO VERDUN

By

Kathleen Burke
Knight of St. Sava, Serbia
Officier de l'Instruction Publique, France

This Little Book Is
Respectfully And Affectionately Dedicated To
Madame Jusserand,
Ambassadrice de France in Washington,
and to
Monsieur Gaston Liebert,
Consul General de France

Dr. C. O. Mailloux

And to all my good friends in the United States and Canada,
whose sympathy and encouragement have helped me so much in
my work.

VIVE LA FRANCE

Contents

Chapter

I The True Philosophers
II The Bridge At Meaux
III Recruiting Rat-Catchers
IV A Gun Carriage An Altar
V Life Behind The Lines
VI Devotion To Animals
VII Hunting For Generals
VIII An Instance Of Quick Wit
IX At The Headquarters Of General Petain
X A Meeting With "Forain"
XI Value Of Women's Work
XII The "Movies" Under Fire
XIII A Subterranean Cut
XIV Poilu And Tommy
XV Abbreviated French
XVI The Brown And Black Sons Of France
XVII At General Nivelle's Headquarters
XVIII Rheims
XIX At The Headquarters Of The Generalissimo
XX To The Glory Of The Women Of France

The True Philosophers

We left Paris determined to undertake the journey to the Front in
the true spirit of the French Poilu, and, no matter what happened,
"de ne pas s'en faire." This famous "motto" of the French Army is
probably derived from one of two slang sentences, de ne pas se
faire des cheveux ("to keep one's hair on,") or de ne pas se faire
de la bile, or