The Spy Catches and The Firing Squad Tale
A Royal Army Medical Corps driver and comrade Atwell recounts their secret role as front line intelligence messengers during World War I. After surviving a gas attack and a perilous ambulance ride, they train as special MPs, patrol No Man's Land, and chase a rumored German spy while dodging shells and a fanatic brigade general. The piece ends with an unexpected night summons to billet and orders.
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M. P
Zore
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Night Parade From A Wartime Barn
A narrator recalls rain and mud as a small squad is marshaled by an officer at a barn billet. Under lantern light the men are numbered, ordered to fall in, then march single file through cold mud and shell holes for over an hour, voices tense and nerves frayed.
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Atwell
England
New York
Royal Engineers
Royal Irish Rifles
Mackintosh
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