Behind the German lines, a narrative of the everyday life of an American prisoner of war (1920) (14801867853)

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Title: Behind the German lines, a narrative of the everyday life of an American prisoner of war
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Ellinwood, Ralph E
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, Knickerbocker press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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part,regardless of their unhappy situation, went abouttheir work with a smile and a glad word for each other.Of course, we hated the Huns, hated their manner-isms, their language, and the very sight of them. The nurses were truly angels of mercy, as much inthe mental influence they exercised over the wounded,in not allowing them to become downhearted, as intheir work. Mile. Bedts, no matter how long the daynor how hard the work, attended the wounded withthe greatest kindliness and without ever allowingherself to show weariness for an instant. It seemedthat her strength and spirits were unfailing. Inplace of using a stretcher to take the patients to thedressing-room, she would pick them up in her arms andwalk the length of the ward, if need be, and placethem gently on the table. Not only did she workcontinuously through the day, but if there were anair raid on the neighboring ammunition dumps, rail-road station, or aviation hangars, she would go to herward and remain with the wounded.
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o XbJ s <o ui DC HO z Z o s Mont Notre Dame 25 Those air raids were a terrible strain on thewounded. The bombs hitting so near, although notin the hospital grounds, shook the buildings withtheir concussion, and it seemed that the avions weredirectly overhead, so loud was the drone of themachines. The Germans placed their anti-aircraftmachine guns within the hospital grounds, andthese were as nerve racking, with their ominousrat-tat-tat-tat, as were the bombs. Of course,placing the guns there was a violation of the rulesof warfare, but that made no difference to theboche. The ammunition dumps were within five hundredyards of the hospital, and the hangars on the ridge ofhills to the west, while the railroad ran past thehospital, with a special siding for it. But the Ger-mans used this siding for ammunition trains as muchas for hospital trains. The Germans, moreover, marched troops throughthe main street of the hospital, using it as a short cutfor their transports to the