A German deserter's war experience

by Anonymous

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Translator's Preface	[v]
I	Marching into Belgium	[1]
II	Fighting in Belgium	[8]
III	Shooting Civilians in Belgium	[23]
IV	German Soldiers and Belgian Civilians	[32]
V	The Horrors of Street Fighting	[38]
VI	Crossing the Meuse	[45]
VII	In Pursuit	[49]
VIII	Nearly Buried Alive on the Battlefield	[58]
IX	Soldiers Shooting Their Own Officers	[65]
X	Sacking Suippes	[73]
XI	Marching to the Battle of the Marne—Into the Trap	[82]
XII	At the Marne—In the Maw of Death	[89]
XIII	The Rout of the Marne	[99]
XIV	The Flight from the Marne	[108]
XV	At the End of the Flight	[120]
XVI	The Beginning of Trench Warfare	[130]
XVII	Friendly Relations with the Enemy	[142]
XVIII	Fighting in the Argonnes	[148]
XIX	Christmas in the Trenches	[156]
XX	The "Itch"—A Savior	[164]
XXI	In the Hell of Vauquois	[172]
XXII	Sent on Furlough	[178]
XXIII	The Flight to Holland	[183]
XXIV	America and Safety	[189]

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A GERMAN DESERTER'S WAR
EXPERIENCE