# Campaign diary of a French officer

Author: Nicolas, René, Lieutenant; Babbitt, Katharine, 1871-1925 [Translator]

Genre: World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77912

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Campaign+diary+of+a+French+officer+Nicolas&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_February 12._ On the train, which at last is bearing us away to the war. My companions are asleep, wearied by a day and night of this endless journey. But I cannot sleep for joy. One thought possesses me. I am on my way to fight! If I had so wished I could have remained with the General Staff as interpreter, but what I crave is action—the intense, mad action of battle. The enthusiasm of the first days of the war has not left me, but grew greater during the long months I had to spend in training-camps, where I learned first to be a soldier, then an officer. As soon as I received my appointment to the grade of second lieutenant on probation, I asked for and obtained permission to start for...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/campaign-diary-of-a-french-officer-77912/chapters/4/index.md)