Category: Humour
The Highland Brigade was holding its regimental boxing match in a fine old Flemish barn in the neighbourhood of Poperinghe. At the end of the evening the general got on to a chair and, in a clear, audible voice, said:
"I like the War. It is only War that gives us a normal existence. What do you do in peace-time? You stay at home; you don’t know what to do with your time; you argue with your p...
4. Part 4At last he found a corpulent lady whom he overwhelmed with such eloquent protestations that she could not get in a word. The next morning, he sent her the orderlies with the pla...
2. Part 2In the evening, after a dinner of badly cooked mutton, with mint sauce, and boiled potatoes, the inevitable gramophone will appear. We shall have "The Arcadians," "The Mikado,"...
6. Part 6"This regiment having left the Camp at Hondezeele two months and a half ago, it is unfortunately impossible to take the measures desired in the matter. Moreover, having ascertai...
7. Part 7Aurelle turned over some pages, very few, for, as Monsieur Jean Valines said, the happy sterility of the archives of Estrées during the Revolution recorded no other facts worthy...
5. Part 5"They knew it very well. When my wife went to complain, they got very confused, and ended by owning up. One of their great-grandmothers has walked from the drawing-room to her o...
1. Part 1The Highland Brigade was holding its regimental boxing match in a fine old Flemish barn in the neighbourhood of Poperinghe. At the end of the evening the general got on to a cha...
8. Part 8"What an idea!" said the doctor. "No doubt the graves will be respected; but they will have good crops all round them in two years’ time. The land is too rich to remain widowed;...