# The Origin of the Red Cross: "Un souvenir de Solferino"

Author: Dunant, Henry, 1828-1910; Wright, Anna B. Heylin, 1865-1916 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50968

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Origin+of+the+Red+Cross%3A+%22Un+souvenir+de+Solferino%22+Dunant&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There are battalions without food, companies lacking almost every necessity, because of the loss of the knapsacks. Water also is lacking, but their thirst is so intense that officers and soldiers resort to slimy and even bloody pools. Everywhere the wounded are begging for water.

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-of-the-red-cross-un-souvenir-de-solferino-50968/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-of-the-red-cross-un-souvenir-de-solferino-50968/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-of-the-red-cross-un-souvenir-de-solferino-50968/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-of-the-red-cross-un-souvenir-de-solferino-50968/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-of-the-red-cross-un-souvenir-de-solferino-50968/chapters/1/index.md)