Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915

Excerpt from book: “Friday, December 18th, 10.30 A.M.--We''ve had an all-night journey to Rouen, and have almost got there. One of my sitting-ups was 106° this morning, but it was only malaria, first typical one I have met since S.A. A man who saw the King when he was here said, "They wouldn''t let him come near the trenches; if a shell had come and hit him I think the Army would ''a gone mad; the...