Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us…

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What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of...

What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of...

Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled...

Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled...

Signs of fatigue soon manifested themselves more and more strongly, and slowly the men dropped...

Signs of fatigue soon manifested themselves more and more strongly, and slowly the men dropped...

Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses....

Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses....

My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the...

My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the...

Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and...

Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and...

Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left...

Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left...

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were...

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were...

IN trying to recall my impressions during my short war duty as an officer in...

IN trying to recall my impressions during my short war duty as an officer in...

One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing...

One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing...

I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not...

I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not...

We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast,...

We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast,...

The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many...

The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many...