Project Gutenberg 2005-09-12 Public domain in the USA. 315 Peat, Harold Reginald 1893 1960 Private Peat E-text prepared by Rick Niles, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Private Peat" by Harold Reginald Peat is a personal narrative and military memoir written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the author's experiences as a private in the Canadian army during World War I, highlighting the blend of humor and grim realities faced by soldiers. Peat shares the story of his enlistment, various training camps, and the journey to the front lines, making it a poignant reflection on the soldier's life during wartime. At the start of the narrative, Peat introduces his decision to enlist after witnessing the enthusiasm to serve in the war from others, including his young neighbors. He vividly describes the preparations leading to his enlistment in Edmonton, his initial struggles with military regulations concerning his physical fitness, and the camaraderie formed among the new recruits. The opening passages effectively set the stage for a journey filled with both anticipation and trepidation as he and his fellow soldiers were soon to embark on a tumultuous adventure that would take them from Canada to the battlefields of France. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Canadian D501 Text World War I Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare Category: Biographies Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 298995 2025-06-07T08:54:18.328657 text/html 300903 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1479998 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1491291 2025-06-07T08:54:23.422644 application/epub+zip 1495441 2025-06-07T08:54:19.232611 application/epub+zip 186680 2025-06-07T08:54:18.770629 application/epub+zip 1597579 2025-06-07T08:54:26.802612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1568344 2025-06-07T08:54:22.978585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262592 2022-09-08T06:57:00.501738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270575 2025-06-07T08:54:17.692654 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 270284 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 105813 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 270306 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105806 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20857 2025-06-07T08:54:26.951603 application/rdf+xml 27237 2025-06-07T08:54:18.857629 image/jpeg 3257 2025-06-07T08:54:18.815629 image/jpeg 1487123 2025-06-07T08:54:18.422672 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia