Aliens Act of 1905, 104
Aliens Restriction Act, 103
anti-German riots, 105
ANZAC, 36, 55, 184, 191, 194, 198, 207, 211, 248
armistice, 217, 262–263, 309–310
Asquith, Herbert, 105, 128–129, 131–133, 137–139, 142–143
Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von, 140
bombardment,
aerial, 22–31, 35, 37, 41, 44–49, 54, 57–59, 61–62, 75, 197, 206, 242, 255, 257, 274
artillery, 22–34, 37–62, 194–196, 222, 226, 227, 231–236, 238, 242–243, 247, 249–250, 253, 256, 270
Bordeaux, 67
Cate, Philip, 1, 7–8, 11, 15, 65–100
ambulance, maintenance and repair of, 72, 99
comments on mail/news from home, 74, 77
comrades, remarks about, 76, 87–88, 95
German prisoners, experiences with, 83, 86–88
Chemin des Dames offensive (1917), 6, 221, 223, 242, 267, 293
Chinese laborers, 279, 294, 298
Churchill, Winston, 132–133, 184
Cohen-Portheim, Paul, 8, 106–107
Czech Legion, 297
demobilization, 217–218, 263–264, 311–321
Desagneaux, Henri, 1, 5–10, 12–15, 221–264
early life of, 221
food, comments about, 232–233, 238, 250
gas warfare, experience of, 228, 249–251, 254
German prisoners, experience with, 227, 232, 242
morale, military, 227, 229, 233–235, 240–242, 246, 249, 252, 255, 257, 261
officers, views on, 223, 228–230, 234, 239, 245–246, 259–260
public opinion, observations on, 221–222, 225–226, 263
rail transport, concern with, 221, 224–225, 241
rumors, circulation of, 225, 227
self-mutilation, stories about, 227
troops, conduct of, 184, 192, 229–230, 240–241
enemy aliens, 105
Foch, marshal Ferdinand, 262
fraternization with the enemy, 49, 237, 262
French, John, 1, 5, 7–8, 10, 12, 15, 17–62
death, escapes from, 10, 29, 40, 52, 54–55
early life of, 17
entertainment, 23–25, 31–32, 35–36
explosions, mine, 28, 30–32, 34, 38–46, 48, 50
incidents, friendly fire, 30
poetry of, 51
survival, learning how , 7, 22, 41
transfer to 254th company, 28
tunnels, battles in, 28, 40, 46
French Mutinies (1917), 6, 223–224, 240–242, 245
Gallipoli, 6, 8, 10, 12, 28, 142, 184, 194–209
gas warfare, 8, 25–26, 35, 37, 40, 42, 85, 214, 228, 238, 247, 249–251, 254, 260–261
graves and burials, 26, 37, 52, 57, 90, 94, 149, 227–228, 232, 235, 258
Greece, 122, 129–130, 133–134, 193
Haig, General Douglas, 141
Hartmannswillerkopf, 66, 72, 75, 78–79, 87
Hill, Caroline, 70
hospitals, 35, 65, 67–72, 74, 88, 91, 94
Hutchison, James Douglas, 1, 5–8, 10, 12, 15, 182–218 (see also ANZAC troops)
censorship, experience with, 190
early life of, 183
health of, 184, 190, 201, 205, 209, 214
inhabitants, views on, 187, 193, 218
mail, comments about, 12, 190–192, 197, 199, 203, 205, 208–209, 216
rumors, reported or corrected, 196–197, 217
transfer to artillery, 184, 191–192
internment camps,
Alexandra Palace, 122, 158, 162, 173
Douglas, 112, 126, 145, 151, 157, 159, 175
associational life in, 12, 108, 121, 123, 125, 144–147, 150–155, 157–163, 167–168, 170, 173–174, 176, 178
criminal activity, 110, 147–149, 151, 156, 162–164, 173
descriptions of, 106–108, 115–116, 118, 138, 148
emissaries, complaints to, visits of, 140–142, 146–147, 153, 158, 160, 163, 165–167, 169–171, 173, 175, 177, 179
escape attempts from, 12, 146–147, 155, 158–159
food and rations in, 115, 120, 122–124, 135–136, 148, 161, 166–172, 174, 176–180
gambling in, 12, 110, 123, 162
internees, labor of, 109, 120, 123, 150, 155, 161, 166–169, 172
religious life of, 118–119, 156, 159, 161, 162, 172, 178
sports and recreation in, 12, 60, 108, 120, 125, 152, 154, 157–160, 162, 167-168, 170
Lancaster, 105, 111–113, 116, 118, 122–124, 126, 145–147
Isle of Man, 8, 14, 103, 113 (see also Knockaloe camp)
Joffre, general Joseph, 127, 239
Kaufmann, Felix, 1, 5–6, 8–9, 11–15, 266–321
armistice, reactions to, 309–310
food, 271, 273, 277–278, 280, 282–284, 286–287, 289–290, 292–293, 299, 302–303, 306, 310–313, 317–318
observations,
about the French, 272–275, 281, 285–286, 291, 297, 302–303, 307-308, 310, 312–313, 316
about other nationalities, 279, 286–289, 291, 293–295, 297–298, 306–307
prisoners,
escape attempts by, 278, 283, 290, 299, 318–319
labor by, 280, 282, 284, 287, 289–293, 295, 297, 301, 303–307, 309, 314
punishment of, 273–277, 280–281, 285, 290–291, 294–298, 311–312, 317
resistance, acts of, 297–301, 309, 311
religious life, 285–286, 294, 296–297, 303–304, 312, 313
treatment of, 272–277, 279–281, 284–285, 288–292, 294–297, 299–301, 308–310, 312–313
Kitchener, Lord, 14, 130, 132, 138, 142, 155
Lloyd George, David, 19, 133, 143, 178
Ludendorff, General Erich, 262
Nivelle, general Robert, 223, 240, 267
Norton-Griffiths, major John, 18
observation balloons, 23, 24, 27, 41, 53, 58, 238
Paris, 67–70, 98–100, 225, 228
Pétain, general Philippe, 222, 240, 245
Prisoners of war, 1, 6, 8, 20–21, 29, 42–43, 53, 87–88, 197, 202, 232, 243, 253, 267–268, 271–321
escape attempts by, 278, 283, 290, 318–319
food, 271, 273, 277–278, 280, 282–284, 286–287, 289–290, 292–293, 299, 302–303, 306, 310–313, 317–318
labor by, 20, 279–282, 284, 287–288, 292–293, 297, 301–304, 305–307, 310, 316
treatment of, 272–277, 279–281, 284–285, 288–292, 294–297, 299–301, 308–310, 312–313
religious life among, 285–286, 296–297, 303–304, 312, 314
Redruth (Cornwall), 17, 21, 28, 29, 51
Rouen, 20
Russian Revolution, 223
sappers, 17–19, 27, 28–30, 33–34, 42, 44, 46, 50, 52
Serbia, 14, 124–127, 130–131, 134, 136, 289
snipers, 29–31, 33–34, 40, 45, 46, 49, 51, 196, 199, 213,
Society of Friends, 123–124, 147
submarine warfare, 200–201, 210, 293
Troops,
Australian. See ANZAC
Austro-Hungarian, 288–289, 294, 297
Indian, 17, 144, 188, 190, 206–207, 248
Verdun, 6, 9, 13, 97–98, 148, 221, 223, 230–236, 238, 284
war weariness, 15, 245, 249, 252
Wolff, Willy, 1, 8–9, 11, 13–15, 102–180
associational life, description of, 120–121, 123, 125, 130, 144–148, 150–154, 157–163, 166, 168, 170–174
emissaries, complaints to,
American, 130, 140–142, 147, 153, 158, 160–161
Swiss, 165–166, 169–171, 174–175, 179
food, complaints about, 112–113, 115, 117, 119–120, 122–124, 165–174, 176–80
internees, descriptions of,
criminal activities, 111, 127–128, 148–149, 151, 156, 159–160,
escape attempts, 113, 147, 153, 161, 163–164
punishment , 111–113, 147–149, 157, 161–164, 172
religious life, 118–119, 159, 162, 167, 172, 176, 178
Knockaloe,
officials, description of, 111, 116–118, 120, 123, 126–127, 159, 167, 169
Lancaster Camp, 105–106, 111–113
mail, 111–112, 118–119, 130, 136, 144–145, 147, 155, 157, 168, 173, 176, 179
pre-war life, 104
war, comments on conduct of, 120–144, 147, 153–156, 170, 178