With Our Army in Palestine (Illustrated)
Nonfiction, History, Military, World War I, World History, Modern, 20th Century
| Author: | Antony Bluett | ISBN: | 1230002436197 |
| Publisher: | FB Editions | Publication: | July 20, 2018 |
| Imprint: | FB Editions | Language: | English |
| Author: | Antony Bluett |
| ISBN: | 1230002436197 |
| Publisher: | FB Editions |
| Publication: | July 20, 2018 |
| Imprint: | FB Editions |
| Language: | English |
It is a little difficult to know the precise place at which to begin this narrative. There are, as it were, several points d'appui. One might describe the outward voyage, in a troopship packed to three or four times its normal peace-time capacity; where men slept on the floors, on mess-tables, and in hammocks so closely slung that once you were in it was literally impossible to get out until the whole row was ready to move; and where we were given food (!) cooked and served under conditions so revolting as to turn the stomach at the bare sight of it. And there were other things....
It is a little difficult to know the precise place at which to begin this narrative. There are, as it were, several points d'appui. One might describe the outward voyage, in a troopship packed to three or four times its normal peace-time capacity; where men slept on the floors, on mess-tables, and in hammocks so closely slung that once you were in it was literally impossible to get out until the whole row was ready to move; and where we were given food (!) cooked and served under conditions so revolting as to turn the stomach at the bare sight of it. And there were other things....
