Transcriber’s Note:
Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the book. Dialect, obsolete words, misspellings, and typographical mistakes were left unchanged.
About This Book
The memoir recounts the author's volunteer service as an ambulance driver on the Western Front in World War I, tracing his voyage to France, training as a driver, posting in the Champagne region and at Verdun, and daily work evacuating wounded under bombardment and gas. It combines battlefield episodes—loss of comrades, night raids, and evacuation under fire—with scenes of civilian life behind the lines, interactions with French troops, decorations received, and reflective afterthoughts on courage, duty, and the war's devastation.