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*[https://archive.org/details/myfouryearsinger00gera/page/n5 ''My four years in Germany''] by James W Gerard, late [USA] Ambassador to the German Imperial Court. 1917 Archive.org. He arrived in Belin late 1913.
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*''True Stories of the Great War. Tales of Adventure-Heroic Deeds-Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses''. Edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917. In six volumes: [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre01mill/page/n6 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre0000unse/page/n3 Vol. II], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre03mill/page/n6 Vol. III], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre04mill/page/n6 Vol. IV], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre05mill/page/n6 Vol. V], [https://archive.org/details/truestoriesofgre06mill/page/n5 Vol. VI]. All Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/manyfronts0000free/page/n5 ''Many Fronts''] by Lewis R Freeman 1918. Archive.org. Stories and sketches which originally had appeared in several magazines. Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_R._Freeman Lewis R. Freeman] Wikipedia. The author was a war correspondent 1915-1917.
*[https://archive.org/details/notebookofattach01wood/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Note-book of an Attaché; seven months in the war zone''] by Eric Fisher Wood 1915 Archive.org. Some of the images may be better in [https://archive.org/details/cihm_990872/mode/2up this 2nd version] Archive.org. The author was studying in Paris at the outbreak of war, and became Attaché at the American Embassy in Paris under Ambassador Myron Herrick. The American Embassy became responsible for German subjects remaining in France. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fisher_Wood Eric Fisher Wood] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/myfouryearsinger00gera/page/n5 ''My four years in Germany''] by James W Gerard, late [USA] Ambassador to the German Imperial Court. 1917 Archive.org. He arrived in Belin late 1913.
*[https://archive.org/details/englishwifeinber0000bluc/page/n9 ''An English Wife in Berlin: a private memoir of events, politics, and daily life in Germany throughout the war and the social revolution of 1918''] by Evelyn, Princess Blücher 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/wardiaryofsquare00mgrich/page/n5 ''The War Diary of a Square Peg. With a Dictionary of War Words''] by Maximilian A Mügge. 1920 Archive.org. A British citizen of the group subsequently called in the newspapers "enemy alien Britons", he volunteered for the Army, hoping for his language skills to be utilised but was initially appointed as a Private in an Infantry regiment. However, as an enemy alien Briton, he was soon transferred to a non-combatant corps (N C C) where conscientious objectors were usually sent, with which he served in France for a few months, where NCCs were not well regarded. He was soon transferred again to an Infantry Works Battalion in England which he calls “a political concentration camp” where the majority of the men were conscripts of enemy alien parentage, in spite of being British born, or naturalised citizens. He details the situation of these enemy alien Britons - most suffered discrimination.
*[https://archive.org/details/experiencesofdug00calluoft ''Experiences of a Dug-Out, 1914-1918''], by Major General Sir C E Callwell 1920 Archive.org. The author was appointed to the high ranking role of Director of Military Operations (DMO) at the War Office at the outbreak of the war. [Dug-Out: a retired officer, recalled to employment].
*''The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à Court Repington'' 1920. [An autobiography]. [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar01repi Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/firstworldwar19100repi Volume II] Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_à_Court_Repington Charles à Court Repington] 1858-1925. Wikipedia. The author was a former British Army officer who was military correspondent for ''The Times'' 1904–1918, who had many influential contacts with officers in the Army's highest ranks.
*[https://archive.org/details/russiasagony00wilt/page/n9 ''Russia's Agony''] by Robert Wilton, correspondent of ''The Times'' at Petrograd. 2nd Impression 1918. Archive.org. He was also the author of [https://archive.org/details/lastdaysofromano00wilt/page/n5 ''The last days of the Romanovs from 15th March, 1917''] 1920 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/warandrevolutio01gurkgoog ''War and Revolution in Russia, 1914-1917''] by General Basil Gourko 1919 Archive.org. First published 1918 as ''Memories and Impressions of War and Revolution in Russia, 1914-1917'' by Vladimir Iosifovich Gurko.
*[https://archive.org/details/conscriptioncons00grahrich/page/n5 ''Conscription and Conscience; a History, 1916-1919''] by J W Graham 1922 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/conscriptioncons00grah/page/n5 1971 reprint edition] with a new introduction. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/consciencepoliti0000raej/page/n5 ''Conscience and Politics; the British Government and the Conscientious Objector to Military Service, 1916-1919''] by John Rae 1970 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/cihm_990873/page/n35/mode/2up "The British Postal Censorship"] Chapter III, page 18 ''The Note-book of an Intelligence Officer'' by Eric Fisher Wood 1917 Archive.org:[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100007658957.0x000002 ''The London Censorship 1914-1919''] by members of the staff past and present. Great Britain. Postal Censor's Department. [London, 1920] , British Library Digital Collection.
*[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER726701 ''Digger Dialects : a Collection of Slang Phrases used by the Australian Soldiers on Active Service''] by W.H. Downing, late 57th Battalion, AIF. [1919]. State Library of Victoria. Some of the words were probably also used by British and other soldiers.
*[https://archive.org/details/horsewarillustra00galt ''The Horse and the War''] by Captain Sidney Galtrey. Illustrated from drawings by Captain Lionel Edwards and from photographs. 1918 Archive.org
