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[Illustration: CORPORAL HOLMES IN THE UNIFORM OF THE 22ND LONDON
BATTALION, QUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT, H.M. IMPERIAL ARMY.
_Frontispiece_.]

A YANKEE IN THE TRENCHES
By
R. DERBY HOLMES
CORPORAL OF THE 22D LONDON BATTALION OF THE
QUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT

_ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1918

Dedication
TO MARION A. PUTTEE, SOUTHALL, MIDDLESEX,
ENGLAND, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK AS A
TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE LOVING
THOUGHTS AND DEEDS BESTOWED UPON ME
WHEN I WAS A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND


FOREWORD

I have tried as an American in writing this book to give the public
a complete view of the trenches and life on the Western Front as it
appeared to me, and also my impression of conditions and men as I
found them. It has been a pleasure to write it, and now that I have
finished I am genuinely sorry that I cannot go further.
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