Empey's World War I Memoir Highlights
The narrative traces Arthur Guy Empey, an American who joins the British army after the Lusitania sinking. It covers front-line battles, trench life, mess duties, over the top charges, and a harrowing No Man's Land episode as he risks capture while reconnoitering wire under fire.
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Lusitania
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
Empey
France
Tommy
No Man’s Land
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A wartime narrator recalls crossing a defensive wire and entering a trench after a sharp challenge. He gasped the password, endured torn hands and fear, and was finally made safe by reaching the trench and calming with a rum drink.
The Diamond Palace Saloon Farce On British Front
Three days after a frontline relief the unit rests in billets for two months while drafting revives the company. A Yank creates a Bowery style farce with Abe Switch and a novelty theatre, staging in a barn near the village. The troupe promotes the show with improvised props, rope stairways, and a comic misfire by Alkali Ike drawing laughs and a successful run for six performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Ameriea
Sitoon
Empey & Wallace Theatrical Co
Office Bay
Diamond Palace Saloon
London
David Belasco
Bowery
New York
Abe Switch
Pumpkinville Center
Tenn
Abe
Diamond Palace
Tom Twistem
Filem Up
Tom
Fillem
Wondros
Ikey Cohenstein
Sambo
Ikey
Broadway Kate
Alkali Ike
Welt En
Flossie
Paot
Glover
Chicish
Curley Wallace
King George the Fifth Theater
Ammo Street
Sandbag Terrace
Loudon
Ikey Tchenstein
Hvetfoure
Alkali
Gamblers Among Tommies In Rest Billets
In peaceful billets Tommy engages in gambling with games like Crown and Anchor House and Pontoon. A regular can be the final arbiter on disputes, with bankers collecting from crowds and the estaminets open for beer and play. The piece ends noting continued coverage next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Houghton
Watkins
Hachsard
Mach Buyer
Kelly
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