Poilu

Aus französischen Kriegstagebüchern, II: Der "Poilu" im eigenen Urteil.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

I regret to add that a "Poilu" near by disrespectfully referred to it as

The White Road to Verdun Kathleen Burke 1922

In this post "Poilu" clearly urges lynch-mob executions of Bush administration officials.

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a Tank_; Stevenson's _From "Poilu" to "Yank" _; two anonymous books, _The Retreat from Mons_ and _Friends of France_; Paine's

The French Twins Lucy Fitch Perkins 1901

I wonder if you ever got the Litt I sent you…. so I enclosed you two pictures, well give one to some poor motherless Poilu fairy who has no dream.

A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994

I wonder if you ever got the Litt I sent you…. so I enclosed you two pictures, well give one to some poor motherless Poilu fairy who has no dream.

A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994

And truth to tell, many a case of British whiskey was stolen by Yank and Tommie and Russki and Poilu and sent rejoicing on its way through these devious underground channels of traffic.

The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead

Meanwhile the Yank or Tommie or Poilu went to his own commissary or to the British Navy and A.my C.nteen Bureau, "N.A. C. B." to the doughboy's memory, or to our various "Y" canteens and at a fixed rate of exchange -- a rate fixed by the bankers in London -- to use his roubles in buying things.

The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead

Then "Le Poilu" standing, in the cold December night, behind the breastworks, fixed his gaze upon a star that was shining with

Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy

"Several songs written by Tommy and the Poilu at the front, celebrate the glories of camp life in such vivid colors they could not be reproduced in cold, black, leaden type."

Woman as Decoration Emily Burbank