"And they thought we wouldn't fight"
Transcriber's Note:
1. Minor print errors corrected. Details at the end of this text. 2. All dialect spelling has been retained.
Copyright, 1918 , By George H. Doran Company Printed in the United States of America
FLOYD GIBBONS
The author expresses his hearty thanks to The Chicago Tribune for the opportunity he enjoyed as a correspondent of that paper, in the service of which he secured the material for these papers.
Personal.
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
France, August 17, 1918.
Floyd Phillips Gibbons
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FLOYD GIBBONS
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING
THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
PERSHING'S ARRIVAL IN EUROPE
CHAPTER III
THE LANDING OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CONTINGENT IN FRANCE
CHAPTER IV
THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF WAR
CHAPTER V
MAKING THE MEN WHO MAN THE GUNS
CHAPTER VI
"FRONTWARD HO!"
CHAPTER VII
INTO THE LINE—THE FIRST AMERICAN SHOT IN THE WAR
CHAPTER VIII
THE FIRST AMERICAN SECTOR
CHAPTER IX
THE NIGHT OUR GUNS CUT LOOSE
CHAPTER X
INTO PICARDY TO MEET THE GERMAN PUSH
CHAPTER XI
UNDER FIRE
CHAPTER XII
BEFORE CANTIGNY
CHAPTER XIII
THE RUSH OF THE RAIDERS—"ZERO AT 2 A. M."
CHAPTER XIV
ON LEAVE IN PARIS
CHAPTER XV
CHÂTEAU-THIERRY AND THE BOIS DE BELLEAU
CHAPTER XVI
WOUNDED—HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOT
CHAPTER XVII
"GOOD MORNING, NURSE"
CHAPTER XVIII
GROANS, LAUGHS AND SOBS IN THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XIX
"JULY 18TH"—THE TURN OF THE TIDE
CHAPTER XX
THE DAWN OF VICTORY
APPENDIX
PERSONNEL OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE
