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Title: The Great War As I Saw It

Author: Frederick George Scott

Release Date: November 18, 2006 [EBook #19857]

Language: English

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The Great War as I Saw It

[Illustration: Frederick George Scott.]

The Great War as I Saw It

by

Canon Frederick George Scott, C.M.G., D.S.O.
_Late Senior Chaplain_
_First Canadian Division, C.E.F._

Author of "Later Canadian Poems," and "Hymn of the Empire."

F. D. GOODCHILD COMPANY
Publishers Toronto

Copyright, Canada, 1922
by Frederick George Scott

CONTENTS (p. 005)

PAGE
CHAPTER I.
How I got into the War--July to September, 1914 15

CHAPTER II.
The Voyage to England--September 29th to October 18th, 1914 25

CHAPTER III.
On Salisbury Plain--October 18th, 1914 to January 1st, 1915 30

CHAPTER IV.
Off to France--January to March, 1915 34

CHAPTER V.
Before the Storm--March and April, 1915 48

CHAPTER VI.
The Second Battle of Ypres--April 22nd, 1915