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Diary of a French army chaplain
Félix Klein (1862–1953), 1915
Named on the pages for Third Battle of the Aisne, Battle of Cantigny.
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27 May – 6 June 1918
Third Battle of the Aisne
III
The Beginninq of the Battles on the Aisne
DIARY OF A FRENCH ARMY CHAPLAIN 105
Villeneuve-^ Saint- Georges, English from the Battle of the Aisne were coming in ; most of them seriously wounded, some the day before, others three, four, or even five days ago.
DIARY OF A FRENCH ARMY CHAPLAIN 125
A score of wounded came to us yesterday from the Battle of the Aisne. Decidedly the worse cases are kept for us, and it is very wise not to send them further.
DIARY OF A FRENCH ARMY CHAPLAIN 127
in from the Battle of the Aisne, or rather that name is not sufficient, for they were hurt between Noyon and Peronne, between the Oise and the Somme, and they came from Lorraine. The English papers call it the Battle of the Rivers. The chess-board grows daily bigger. The Battle of Mons seemed to us of immeasurable duration, as well as in the number of combatants ; it was exceeded by that of the Marne, and that which has been going on for fifteen days — ^fifteen days ! — surpasses both. And even worse may be foreseen (how can it be ?) for the time when Germany, on her own soil, will face the Allied armies with a desperate resistance !
28–31 May 1918
Battle of Cantigny
III
The Beginninq of the Battles on the Aisne
DIARY OF A FRENCH ARMY CHAPLAIN 105
Villeneuve-^ Saint- Georges, English from the Battle of the Aisne were coming in ; most of them seriously wounded, some the day before, others three, four, or even five days ago.
DIARY OF A FRENCH ARMY CHAPLAIN 125
A score of wounded came to us yesterday from the Battle of the Aisne. Decidedly the worse cases are kept for us, and it is very wise not to send them further.
DIARY OF A FRENCH ARMY CHAPLAIN 127
in from the Battle of the Aisne, or rather that name is not sufficient, for they were hurt between Noyon and Peronne, between the Oise and the Somme, and they came from Lorraine. The English papers call it the Battle of the Rivers. The chess-board grows daily bigger. The Battle of Mons seemed to us of immeasurable duration, as well as in the number of combatants ; it was exceeded by that of the Marne, and that which has been going on for fifteen days — ^fifteen days ! — surpasses both. And even worse may be foreseen (how can it be ?) for the time when Germany, on her own soil, will face the Allied armies with a desperate resistance !
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