Friend and Comrade

The Author

CONTENTS

Chapter I—A Little Speculation[ 11]
Chapter II—The Bishop Writes[ 13]
Chapter III—A Little Adjusting[ 16]
Chapter IV—The Portable Altar[ 19]
Chapter V—In Training Camp[ 21]
Chapter VI—Mass out of doors[ 24]
Chapter VII—A Little Indignation[ 26]
Chapter VIII—We Break Camp[ 28]
Chapter IX—The Panel of Silk[ 32]
Chapter X—Movement Orders[ 33]
Chapter XI—The High Seas[ 35]
Chapter XII—By Ireland[ 37]
Chapter XIII—England[ 38]
Chapter XIV—In Camp[ 39]
Chapter XV—The Cenacle[ 41]
Chapter XVI—The Battalion is Broken Up[ 44]
Chapter XVII—The Little Spaniard[ 46]
Chapter XVIII—The Garrison Church Hut[ 48]
Chapter XIX—The New Sacrifice[ 50]
Chapter XX—Through English Lanes[ 54]
Chapter XXI—At Parkminster[ 56]
Chapter XXII—Orders for France[ 60]
Chapter XXIII—At No. 2 Canadian Infantry Base Depot[ 62]
Chapter XXIV—The New Zealanders[ 65]
Chapter XXV—The Workers[ 67]
Chapter XXVI—Orders Again[ 69]
Chapter XXVII—Hospitals and Trains[ 70]
Chapter XXVIII—D I’s and S I’s[ 75]
Chapter XXIX—Down The Hospital Aisle[ 77]
Chapter XXX—The Two Brothers[ 80]
Chapter XXXI—An Unexpected Turning[ 82]
Chapter XXXII—Private Belair[ 86]
Chapter XXXIII—A Little Nonsense[ 89]
Chapter XXXIV—Transfusion[ 93]
Chapter XXXV—The Ministering Angels[ 95]
Chapter XXXVI—More Orders[ 97]
Chapter XXXVII—Held for Orders[ 100]
Chapter XXXVIII—The Front at Last[ 103]
Chapter XXXIX—A Strafe and a Quartet[ 106]
Chapter XL—The Valley of the Dead[ 110]
Chapter XLI—New Friends[ 115]
Chapter XLII—A Little Burlap Room[ 118]
Chapter XLIII—Christmas at the Front[ 120]
Chapter XLIV—Back to Rest[ 123]
Chapter XLV—Bruay[ 129]
Chapter XLVI—Fosse-Dix[ 132]
Chapter XLVII—The Little Curé of Fosse-Dix[ 136]
Chapter XLVIII—Into the Line[ 139]
Chapter XLIX—Called Up[ 142]
Chapter L—Bully Les Mines[ 144]
Chapter LI—The One That Was Lost[ 146]
Chapter LII—A Vague Unrest[ 151]
Chapter LIII—The Great Offensive[ 153]
Chapter LIV—Agnez-lez-Duisans[ 158]
Chapter LV—The Refugees[ 162]
Chapter LVI—Arras[ 164]
Chapter LVII—Easter Sunday[ 166]
Chapter LVIII—The Ronville Caves[ 168]
Chapter LIX—The Banquet Hall[ 171]
Chapter LX—The Sheehans[ 178]
Chapter LXI—Ecoivres[ 181]
Chapter LXII—Ecurie Wood[ 188]
Chapter LXIII—The Different Dispensers[ 192]
Chapter LXIV—Incapacitated[ 195]
Chapter LXV—Anzin and Monchy Breton[ 197]
Chapter LXVI—A New Sheep[ 200]
Chapter LXVII—Notre Dame D’Ardennes[ 203]
Chapter LXVIII—The Procession[ 207]
Chapter LXIX—On Leave[ 211]
Chapter LXX—St. Michael’s Club[ 212]
Chapter LXXI—Parkminster Again[ 215]
Chapter LXXII—Another Surprise[ 217]
Chapter LXXIII—Back to the Battalion[ 219]
Chapter LXXIV—No Man’s Land Again[ 222]
Chapter LXXV—No Man’s Land[ 227]
Chapter LXXVI—Cambligneul[ 229]
Chapter LXXVII—A New Front[ 232]
Chapter LXXVIII—Boves[ 237]
Chapter LXXIX—The Battle of Amiens[ 242]
Chapter LXXX—At the Wayside[ 244]
Chapter LXXXI—In an Apple Orchard[ 246]
Chapter LXXXII—A Strange Interruption[ 249]
Chapter LXXXIII—Boves Again[ 252]
Chapter LXXXIV—The Battle of Arras[ 258]
Chapter LXXXV—Berneville Again[ 263]
Chapter LXXXVI—Letters of Sympathy[ 266]
Chapter LXXXVII—A Little Bit of Shamrock[ 269]
Chapter LXXXVIII—Left Behind[ 277]
Chapter LXXXIX—With the Fourteenth[ 280]
Chapter XC—Telegraph Hill[ 282]
Chapter XCI—Canal du Nord[ 283]
Chapter XCII—The Most Terrible Day[ 287]
Chapter XCIII—In Reserve[ 293]
Chapter XCIV—Frequent Moves[ 295]
Chapter XCV—Somaine[ 297]
Chapter XCVI—The End Draws Near[ 300]
Chapter XCVII—November Eleventh[ 303]
Chapter XCVIII—Through Belgium[ 305]
Chapter XCIX—Through the Rhineland[ 309]
Chapter C—L’Envoi[ 312]

THE RED VINEYARD

Chapter I
A Little Speculation

“I’ll give you just three nights in the front line trench before your hair will turn grey,” said a brown haired priest, looking at me with a slightly aggressive air.

I remained quiet.

“You’ll not be very long in the army till you’ll wish yourself out of it again,” was the not very encouraging assertion of a tall, thin priest who suffered intermittently from dyspeptic troubles.