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THE ORDEAL BY FIRE

by

A Sergeant in the French Army

MARCEL BERGER

Translated by Mrs. Cecil Curtis






G.P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1917

Copyright, 1916
by
G. P. Putnam's Sons

The Knickerbocker Press, New York




CONTENTS


  PART I


  _BOOK I_

  _August 1, 1914_

  CHAPTER                                                 PAGE

  I. JEANNINE LANDRY                                       3

  II. A YOUNG MAN OF 1914                                 11

  III. BELLS                                              19

  IV. A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, THE SAME EVENING                25

  V. A MEDITATION AT THE WIN