My War Experiences in Two Continents


Read by Ted Lienhart

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Sarah Macnaughtan was a Scottish novelist who took part in the women's suffrage movement, worked for the Red Cross in the Second Boer War (1899-1902), performed social services for the poor in London's East End, and aided victims of the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913. At the beginning of World War I, in 1914, she volunteered with the Red Cross Society and went to Belgium where she worked in a field hospital. Afterward she served in Russia, Armenia, and Persia. While in Persia she became ill and returned to England, where she died in July 1916. Throughout the war she had maintained a diary, which her niece edited to create this account. (Summary by Ted Lienhart) (7 hr 35 min)

Chapters

Preface 5:28 Read by Ted Lienhart
Part I - Belgium - Antwerp 36:38 Read by Ted Lienhart
With Dr. Hector Munro's Flying Ambulance Corps 56:42 Read by Ted Lienhart
At Furnes Railway-Station 39:35 Read by Ted Lienhart
Working Under Difficulties 41:13 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Spring Offensive 38:53 Read by Ted Lienhart
Last Days in Flanders 39:42 Read by Ted Lienhart
Part II - At Home - How the Message was Delivered 33:27 Read by Ted Lienhart
Part III - Russia and the Persian Front - Petrograd 41:18 Read by Ted Lienhart
Waiting for Work 23:17 Read by Ted Lienhart
Some Impressions of Tiflis and Armenia 30:03 Read by Ted Lienhart
On the Persian Front 34:14 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Last Journey 20:30 Read by Ted Lienhart
Conclusion 14:11 Read by Ted Lienhart