The Irish Nuns at Ypres, An Episode of the War
By Dame M. Columban
Length4h 12m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "The following narrative was originally intended, as a record of the events it relates, for the use of the Community only. But, shortly after the arrival of the Mother Prioress in England, the manuscript was placed in my hands. I soon formed the opinion that it deserved a larger circulation. My friend Reginald Smith shared this view, and so the story has come before the public. It is in truth a human document of thrilling interest, and will, I believe, make an abiding contribution to the history of this world-wide war. D. M. C., though a novice in literary work, describes with graphic force the transactions in which she and her Sisters played so conspicuous and so courageous a part. The moving pictures, which pass before our eyes in her pages, are full of touching realism, and throw curious sidelights on the manifold aspects of the titanic struggle which comes home to everyone and everything. The heroism, the self-devotion, the religious faith, the Christian zeal and charity of those Irish nuns at Ypres, in a terrible crisis in the history of their Order, will, I venture to say, command universal respect and admiration, mingled with pity for their fate, and an earnest desire, among all generous souls, to help them in retrieving their fortunes. A Note by the Prioress, and an Introduction by Mr. Redmond, who, amid his many onerous occupations, is not unmindful of the duty which Irishmen owe to the historic little Community of Irish Nuns at Ypres, form a foreword to a narrative which belongs to the history of the times."
Audiobook details
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GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length4 hrs 12 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
2NOTE BY PRIORESS
3INTRODUCTION
4ILLUSTRATIONS
5CHAPTER I THE COMING OF THE GERMANS
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6CHAPTER II THE ALLIES IN YPRES
7CHAPTER III INCIDENTS OF THE STRUGGLE
8CHAPTER IV IN THE CELLARS
9CHAPTER V THE BOMBARDMENT
10CHAPTER VI FLIGHT
11CHAPTER VII VISITING THE WOUNDED
12CHAPTER VIII AN ATTEMPT TO REVISIT YPRES
13CHAPTER IX PREPARING TO START FOR ENGLAND
14CHAPTER X A SECOND ATTEMPT TO REVISIT YPRES
15CHAPTER XI THE RETURN JOURNEY TO POPERINGHE
16CHAPTER XII ON THE WAY TO ENGLAND
17CHAPTER XIII OULTON
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