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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: Over the Front in an Aeroplane and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches</p> -<p>Author: Ralph Pulitzer</p> -<p>Release Date: September 5, 2013 [eBook #43649]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OVER THE FRONT IN AN AEROPLANE AND SCENES INSIDE THE FRENCH AND FLEMISH TRENCHES***</p> <p> </p> -<h4>E-text prepared by Quentin Campbell<br /> - and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> - (<a href="http://www.pgdp.net">http://www.pgdp.net</a>)<br /> - from page images generously made available by<br /> - Internet Archive<br /> - (<a href="http://archive.org">http://archive.org</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -615,7 +599,7 @@ seat, of a great new French biplane which the English call a battle-plane, and the French call an "avion de chasse," or "hunting aeroplane." They call their smaller single-motored -machines their "<ins title="Transcriber's Note: original reads 'avions de reglage'">avions de réglage</ins>," or +machines their "<ins title="Transcriber's Note: original reads 'avions de reglage'">avions de réglage</ins>," or "regulating aeroplanes." But these great biplanes they fondly call their hunting aeroplanes, for with them they hunt the Taubes and the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span> @@ -846,19 +830,19 @@ for home.</p> <p>We kept low, not over 1,000 metres, so that the landscape was very clear and interesting. -First we passed over the city of Compiègne, +First we passed over the city of Compiègne, where I had lunched with Dr. Carrel only three days before to the accompaniment of an artillery obligato. Then right over the big, -dark green Forest of Compiègne where I tried -but failed to locate a château I had visited +dark green Forest of Compiègne where I tried +but failed to locate a château I had visited with Mme. Carrel. Then on and on over a further entrancing exhibit of parti-colored carpet fitting together at the edges as snugly as any completed picture-puzzle.</p> <p>Before long we reached Senlis, where I had -stopped on my way to Compiègne the other<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> +stopped on my way to Compiègne the other<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> day to take snap-shots of the streets of houses gutted by the Germans during their brief occupation before the battle of the Marne. Passing @@ -1100,7 +1084,7 @@ permitted to see at the front is deliberately considered and arranged in advance. The authorities decide what fights are fit for him to see just as painstakingly as chaperons used to -decide what plays were fit for débutantes to +decide what plays were fit for débutantes to see. He, together with the six or eight other journalists who are to make up the party, is placed in the hands of a military duenna who @@ -1413,8 +1397,8 @@ in it. And he not only keeps the outside well cleaned, which greatly postpones the date when it must come back to us for doctoring, but he also bestows much more care on his motor. -So it is not only æstheticism which prompts -that beautiful finish. But talk about æstheticism, +So it is not only æstheticism which prompts +that beautiful finish. But talk about æstheticism, here is a real example of it."</p> <p>He showed me a car from whose front @@ -1515,7 +1499,7 @@ certain part of the front, so we skipped the engagement which had been made with him, and motored on to call on the General in command of the Army Corps with which we found -ourselves. In the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">salon</i> of a small château we +ourselves. In the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">salon</i> of a small château we were introduced, and conversed pleasantly for a few minutes. Then he assigned one of his staff-officers to accompany us to an observation @@ -1628,7 +1612,7 @@ as you would smash an egg on the ground.</p> <p>Then we came out into the great square before the cathedral, and looked up at its cliff-like -façade.</p> +façade.</p> <p>I heaved a sigh of relief. I seemed to be looking at the same incredible beauty that I had @@ -1637,7 +1621,7 @@ was still at peace. It is true that half the great rose window was empty of glass; that here and there stood statues headless or with chipped and mutilated limbs. But in the vast profusion -of carvings on the façade these were almost +of carvings on the façade these were almost lost. Gradually, however, the full tragedy bore in on me.</p> @@ -1647,7 +1631,7 @@ bore in on me.</p> congested by drunkenness or disease so that it remains but a blurred and subtly bloated semblance of its former loveliness? If you have, -you will know what has befallen the façade at +you will know what has befallen the façade at Rheims. It stood away from the German guns so that not a shell hit it. But Fate and inefficiency left it covered with scaffolding which @@ -1657,7 +1641,7 @@ line and curve that in a few hours all those keenly chiselled outlines which the centuries themselves had only faintly mellowed, became flabby, blunt and indeterminate. One used at -times to gaze at the façade through half-closed +times to gaze at the façade through half-closed lids, so that no exquisite detail should distract from the swimming, hazy glory of the whole. That glory it still possesses, but to those who @@ -1756,7 +1740,7 @@ watching and waiting till the moment comes to leap up and out into the light.</p> <p>Early that morning, from the window of a -château on the edge of a high plateau, a young +château on the edge of a high plateau, a young staff-officer had shown me the great plain of Champagne stretching away to the low hills on the horizon. Miles away lay Rheims, made @@ -1802,7 +1786,7 @@ undaunted by the abrupt little puffs of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" i smoke, doing their patient share toward bringing in the harvest.</p> -<p>In the château itself as I went down-stairs I +<p>In the château itself as I went down-stairs I passed a bedroom door with "Seine Koenigliche Hoheit" written across it in white chalk. The Duke of Brunswick had slept there at the high @@ -1832,7 +1816,7 @@ me to ask along—and myself.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span></p> -<p>After leaving the château we got into two +<p>After leaving the château we got into two elephant-gray army motors with Remington carbines swung on their dashboards. The military chauffeurs tore along the road, which was @@ -1872,9 +1856,9 @@ of me.</p> between the report of the French guns and the explosions of German shells. An officer told me that their time-table nickname for -French gun reports was "départs" (departures), +French gun reports was "départs" (departures), while that for the German shell explosions was -"arrivées" (arrivals).</p> +"arrivées" (arrivals).</p> <p>Of course if either gun or shell explosion or both is very near to you you can easily tell @@ -1882,7 +1866,7 @@ the difference, if there is enough of you left to tell anything.</p> <p>We walked on with the toy whip cracking -at every other step and "départs" and "arrivées" +at every other step and "départs" and "arrivées" inviting guesswork as to which was which. We passed soldiers in shirt-sleeves, deepening and widening a communication trench. @@ -2119,8 +2103,8 @@ a horse tied to the wall, and three cows.</p> <p>And on a stool by one of the cows sat an aged woman making the milk hiss down into a tin pail. There she sat, shells sailing to and -fro over her head, with the "départs" starting -and the "arrivées" bursting. There she +fro over her head, with the "départs" starting +and the "arrivées" bursting. There she sat and rocked with hearty laughter at the story of my scepticism, and went on effectively proving her existence by her cow by the extraction @@ -2142,7 +2126,7 @@ to decadence and downfall. Leaving the Mayor, we entered the cemetery. There we were looking at the graves of two German officers, two<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span> French officers and seventy French soldiers -when an "arrivée" burst with a louder report +when an "arrivée" burst with a louder report than we had as yet heard, followed by a deep noise.</p> @@ -2182,7 +2166,7 @@ overhead and the German gunner was letting drive at him with what looked to us to be pretty bad shots. I could see the aeroplane wheeling in the air and hear the distant reports -of the "<ins title="Transcriber's Note: original reads 'departs'">départs</ins>," wait an appreciable +of the "<ins title="Transcriber's Note: original reads 'departs'">départs</ins>," wait an appreciable time and then see the burst of white flame high up in the sky, followed by little puffs of smoke.</p> @@ -2326,7 +2310,7 @@ of Division whose batteries we wanted to see.</p> <p>The other Generals had greeted us in the -luxurious <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">salons</i> of châteaus, sitting near writing-desks +luxurious <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">salons</i> of châteaus, sitting near writing-desks holding a few papers, but without any token of the military work on which they were engaged. This General was housed with @@ -2695,28 +2679,28 @@ dining-room of the shooting-box.</p> <p>"You certainly mobilized an excellent chef," laughed Captain d'A—— as we reached the -entrée.</p> +entrée.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span></p> <div class="doubletop"></div> <p class="center noin"> MENU<br /><br /> - du 1º Août 1915<br /> + du 1º Août 1915<br /> </p> <div class="double center width: 20%"> - <p class ="center noin">DÉJEUNER</p> + <p class ="center noin">DÉJEUNER</p> </div> <p class="center noin"> Hors-d'oeuvres<br /> - Oeufs pochés à la Rossini<br /> - Tournedos grillés à la Bouchère<br /> + Oeufs pochés à la Rossini<br /> + Tournedos grillés à la Bouchère<br /> Pommes frites<br /> Pigeons rotis<br /> - Haricots verts à l'anglaise<br /> - Crème au chocolat<br /> - Compote de pèches<br /> + Haricots verts à l'anglaise<br /> + Crème au chocolat<br /> + Compote de pèches<br /> Dessert<br /> </p> <div class="doublebottom"></div> @@ -2754,7 +2738,7 @@ military strategy by allowing a mere geographical point to divert him from the one paramount object of German generalship—the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> enemy's army. We actually possess a copy of -this official reprimand, for 'tout s'achête' +this official reprimand, for 'tout s'achête' (there is nothing that money will not buy), you know. Now when little over one year later Von Kluck in actual warfare came face to face @@ -2807,9 +2791,9 @@ a strange conglomeration of pathos and farce. For the Surgeon in Command, on our being introduced to him, stated that he was the proud possessor of an orderly who spoke the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span> -English tongue "à merveille." Our staff-officers +English tongue "à merveille." Our staff-officers politely indicated to him that our own French, -though not perhaps up to Comédie Française +though not perhaps up to Comédie Française standards, was no mean thing, and would render his explanations entirely comprehensible to us. But these hints were of no avail. The @@ -2903,7 +2887,7 @@ air to their new camp site.</p> <p>The Captain of the "esquadrille" showed us, with quite pardonable pride, his "avions de -réglage"—planes carrying no bombs or machine-guns, +réglage"—planes carrying no bombs or machine-guns, but equipped with wireless, which are used to correct the fire of artillery, and his "avions de chasse" or hunting-planes equipped @@ -2936,7 +2920,7 @@ strict army regulations. He was quite right and entirely justified in his attitude. But Captain F——, who was a good sport and had become quite a chum of mine, said, "Oh, let -him go up. After all, the Swiss Military Attaché +him go up. After all, the Swiss Military Attaché went up the other day. I'll take the responsibility." And as he was in immediate authority while we remained with the 5th Army, Captain @@ -2981,7 +2965,7 @@ very late already. We must be off.</p> <p>Well, then, could we not return early to-morrow morning to get the flight?</p> -<p>"<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Malheureusement ça ne peut pas se faire</span>." +<p>"<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Malheureusement ça ne peut pas se faire</span>." (French euphemism for "No.") To-morrow morning I was slated for a visit to a base hospital which, including motoring there and motoring @@ -3080,7 +3064,7 @@ safety, but solely for their artistic satisfaction.</p> <p>It was twilight when we took our leave and night had fallen long before we rolled into -Château Thiery, whither Captain d'A——'s +Château Thiery, whither Captain d'A——'s orderly had transported our bags, and where a very late dinner and comfortable beds were awaiting us.</p> @@ -3458,7 +3442,7 @@ and well-blocked caps.</p> <p>Once free from La Panne, our motor made good time along the country road till we reached Furnes. There we stopped to take some photographs -of the beautiful old Hôtel de Ville +of the beautiful old Hôtel de Ville which the German shells that drop in from time to time have left practically undamaged.</p> @@ -3616,7 +3600,7 @@ down fourteen to lunch—the Colonel, ten artillery officers, the Chaplain, my Commandant and I.</p> -<p>Lunch consisted of potato soup, paté de foie +<p>Lunch consisted of potato soup, paté de foie gras, vegetables, strawberry-jam pie, cheese and coffee. There was no wine to start with, but one of the officers soon came in with two @@ -3734,7 +3718,7 @@ feet of head room.</p> <p>Here I first made the acquaintance of Julia. I found her standing with her back to me under the plank shelter, with only her exceedingly -short and retroussé nose sniffling up at the +short and retroussé nose sniffling up at the leaden patch of threatening sky which showed between the forward edge of the roof and the top of the high false hedge in front. No one @@ -4167,7 +4151,7 @@ begins. Here we paid our respects to the General in command of the division we were visiting. He promptly asked us to lunch, and a very good lunch it was: Vegetable soup, -some entrée which I could not identify, shoulder +some entrée which I could not identify, shoulder of mutton with potatoes and beans, cantaloupe, cheese and black coffee, with a choice between beer, claret and white wine to drink at lunch, @@ -5200,7 +5184,7 @@ her share in the war passes my understanding."</p> <p>There is no doubt about the truth of this. To get the voluntary gift of three million lives within one year, to get the voluntary loan of -£600,000,000 in less than one month is probably +£600,000,000 in less than one month is probably an unparalleled achievement. Great Britain has done far more than her duty to others called for. And yet the question will not be @@ -5288,7 +5272,7 @@ the answer.</p> <p class="noin char-bold"><a name="TN" id="TN"></a>Misprints and misspellings corrected in the text:</p> - <p>"avions de reglage" changed to "avions de réglage" (page 3).</p> + <p>"avions de reglage" changed to "avions de réglage" (page 3).</p> <p>"fusilage" changed to "fuselage" (page 4).</p> @@ -5298,7 +5282,7 @@ the answer.</p> <p>"practise" changed to "practice" (page 33).</p> - <p>"departs" changed to '"départs"' (page 57).</p> + <p>"departs" changed to '"départs"' (page 57).</p> <p>"leant themselves" changed to "lent themselves" (page 86).</p> @@ -5317,360 +5301,6 @@ the answer.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<hr class="full" /> -<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OVER THE FRONT IN AN AEROPLANE AND SCENES INSIDE THE FRENCH AND FLEMISH TRENCHES***</p> -<p>******* This file should be named 43649-h.txt or 43649-h.zip *******</p> -<p>This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:<br /> -<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/4/3/6/4/43649">http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/6/4/43649</a></p> -<p> -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed.</p> - -<p> -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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