Under Fire

The Story of a Squad

By

Henri Barbusse

(1874-1935)

Translated by Fitzwater Wray

To
the memory of
the comrades who fell by my side
at Crouy and on Hill 119
January, May, and September 1915

Contents

I. [The Vision]
II. [In the Earth]
III. [The Return]
IV. [Volpatte and Fouillade]
V. [Sanctuary]
VI. [Habits]
VII. [Entraining]
VIII. [On Leave]
IX. [The Anger of Volpatte]
X. [Argoval]
XI. [The Dog]
XII. [The Doorway]
XIII. [The Big Words]
XIV. [Of Burdens]
XV. [The Egg]
XVI. [An Idyll]
XVII. [The Sap]
XVIII. [A Box of Matches]
XIX. [Bombardment]
XX. [Under Fire]
XXI. [The Refuge]
XXII. [Going About]
XXIII. [The Fatigue-Party]
XXIV. [The Dawn]