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100 1 _aCobb, Irvin S.
_q(Irvin Shrewsbury),
_d1876-1944
245 1 4 _aThe Red Glutton: With the German Army at the Front
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2020-01-15
505 0 _aA little village called Montignies St. Christophe -- To war in a taxicab -- Sherman said it -- "Marsch, marsch, marsch, so geh'n wir weiter" -- Being a guest of the Kaiser -- With the German wrecking crew -- The grapes of wrath -- Three generals and a cook -- Viewing a battle from a balloon -- In the trenches before Rheims -- War de luxe -- The rut of big guns in France -- Those yellow pine boxes -- The red glutton -- Belgium: the rag doll of Europe -- Louvain the forsaken.
508 _aProduced by hekula03, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"The Red Glutton: With the German Army at the Front" by Irvin S. Cobb is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The narrative recounts the author's experiences as he travels through Belgium during World War I, focusing on the devastation left in the wake of the German army's advance. Cobb offers a perspective on both the landscape and the human suffering brought about by the war. At the start of the book, the narrator and a group of Americans travel through the ravaged village of Montignies St. Christophe, which has been devastated by recent fighting. As they arrive just after a German column has passed, they observe the wreckage of homes and the remnants of military engagements, particularly the effects on the local population. The opening vividly describes the deserted village's ruined buildings, scattered personal belongings, and the eerie silence that hangs over the aftermath of battle. Cobb's detailed observations not only convey the physical destruction but also evoke the emotional toll of war on the innocent villagers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61177
999 _c102003
_d102003