First Hundred Thousand

This book contains a fictionalised account of the day-to-day experiences of soldiers in Kitchener's Army, the voluntary section of the British Army formed following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Although the characters are a work of fiction, the incidents described all actually occurred. The story was originally contributed in the form of an anonymous narrative to "e;Blackwood's Magazine"e;. Contents include: "e;The Daily Grind"e;, "e;Growing Pains"e;, "e;The Conversion of Private M'Slattery"e;, "e;Crime"e;, "e;The Laws of the Medes and Persians"e;, "e;Shooting Straight"e;, "e;Billets"e;, "e;Mid-Channel"e;, "e;Deeds of Darkness"e;, "e;Olympus"e;, "e;... And Some Fell by the Wayside"e;, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.