Download or read book A Volunteer Poilu written by Henry Beston and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Volunteer Poilu' is an autobiographical account of the author's experiences fighting on behalf of France as an American during World War I. The author, Henry Beston, was involved in the Battle of Verdun and Bois-le-Prêtre fighting, with the latter having been a skirmish between his infantry division and that of the Germans.