
Mature
Length4h 12m
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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
GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length4 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
10CHAPTER VI FLIGHT
2NOTE BY PRIORESS
11CHAPTER VII VISITING THE WOUNDED
3INTRODUCTION
12CHAPTER VIII AN ATTEMPT TO REVISIT YPRES
4ILLUSTRATIONS
13CHAPTER IX PREPARING TO START FOR ENGLAND
5CHAPTER I THE COMING OF THE GERMANS
14CHAPTER X A SECOND ATTEMPT TO REVISIT YPRES
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6CHAPTER II THE ALLIES IN YPRES
15CHAPTER XI THE RETURN JOURNEY TO POPERINGHE
7CHAPTER III INCIDENTS OF THE STRUGGLE
16CHAPTER XII ON THE WAY TO ENGLAND
8CHAPTER IV IN THE CELLARS
17CHAPTER XIII OULTON
9CHAPTER V THE BOMBARDMENT