[Next project] Under Fire, by Henri Barbusse
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Bob Reus
Jul 10, 2026, 7:41:06 AM (5 days ago) Jul 10
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For my next project I want to take a little break from Saltus to work on Under Fire; The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse, originally published under the title La Feu and translated by Fitzwater Wray.
PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4380
IA: https://archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel)
Wordcount: ~112k
This is one of the older transcriptions on PG, and as such is lacking italics and possibly other styling. I'll make sure to check carefully against the scans. Furthermore, there are footnotes to be converted to endnotes, but other than that this seems to be a fairly straightforward production.
As it's a novel about a French squad in WW I, I would like to suggest La Mitrailleuse by C. R. W. Nevinson for the cover.
Finally, this book won the Prix Goncourt, but as far as I could see there's no collection for that yet. Should one be created?
PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4380
IA: https://archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel)
Wordcount: ~112k
This is one of the older transcriptions on PG, and as such is lacking italics and possibly other styling. I'll make sure to check carefully against the scans. Furthermore, there are footnotes to be converted to endnotes, but other than that this seems to be a fairly straightforward production.
As it's a novel about a French squad in WW I, I would like to suggest La Mitrailleuse by C. R. W. Nevinson for the cover.
Finally, this book won the Prix Goncourt, but as far as I could see there's no collection for that yet. Should one be created?
Alex Cabal
Jul 10, 2026, 9:40:09 AM (5 days ago) Jul 10
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OK, send a link to your repo once you start.
We don't have a collection for Prix Goncourt because most of the entries
don't have English translations.
On 7/10/26 6:41 AM, Bob Reus wrote:
> For my next project I want to take a little break from Saltus to work
> on /Under Fire; The Story of a Squad/ by Henri Barbusse, originally
> published under the title /La Feu/ and translated by Fitzwater Wray.
>
> PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4380 <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> ebooks/4380>
> IA: https://archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb
> <https://archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb>Wiki: https://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel) <https://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel)>
> La Mitrailleuse <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/c-r-w-nevinson/la-
> mitrailleuse>/ by C. R. W. Nevinson for the cover.
>
> Finally, this book won the /Prix Goncourt <https://en.wikipedia.org/
> wiki/Prix_Goncourt>/, but as far as I could see there's no collection
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We don't have a collection for Prix Goncourt because most of the entries
don't have English translations.
On 7/10/26 6:41 AM, Bob Reus wrote:
> For my next project I want to take a little break from Saltus to work
> published under the title /La Feu/ and translated by Fitzwater Wray.
>
> PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4380 <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> ebooks/4380>
> IA: https://archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb
> <https://archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb>Wiki: https://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel) <https://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel)>
> Wordcount: ~112k
>
> This is one of the older transcriptions on PG, and as such is lacking
> italics and possibly other styling. I'll make sure to check carefully
> against the scans. Furthermore, there are footnotes to be converted to
> endnotes, but other than that this seems to be a fairly straightforward
> production.
>
> As it's a novel about a French squad in WW I, I would like to suggest /
>
> This is one of the older transcriptions on PG, and as such is lacking
> italics and possibly other styling. I'll make sure to check carefully
> against the scans. Furthermore, there are footnotes to be converted to
> endnotes, but other than that this seems to be a fairly straightforward
> production.
>
> La Mitrailleuse <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/c-r-w-nevinson/la-
> mitrailleuse>/ by C. R. W. Nevinson for the cover.
>
> Finally, this book won the /Prix Goncourt <https://en.wikipedia.org/
> wiki/Prix_Goncourt>/, but as far as I could see there's no collection
> for that yet. Should one be created?
>
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Bob Reus
Jul 10, 2026, 10:36:08 PM (4 days ago) Jul 10
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Ok! Here's the repo: https://github.com/bob-reus/henri-barbusse_under-fire_fitzwater-wray
I just discovered that most, if not all, diacritics are missing from the transcription too, so this may take a while.
I just discovered that most, if not all, diacritics are missing from the transcription too, so this may take a while.
Alex Cabal
Jul 12, 2026, 2:12:31 PM (2 days ago) Jul 12
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OK, Vince will manage with Emma reviewing.
On 7/10/26 9:36 PM, Bob Reus wrote:
> Ok! Here's the repo: https://github.com/bob-reus/henri-barbusse_under-
> fire_fitzwater-wray
>
> I just discovered that most, if not all, diacritics are missing from the
> transcription too, so this may take a while.
>
> On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 9:40:09 PM UTC+8 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> OK, send a link to your repo once you start.
>
> We don't have a collection for Prix Goncourt because most of the
> entries
> don't have English translations.
>
> On 7/10/26 6:41 AM, Bob Reus wrote:
> > For my next project I want to take a little break from Saltus to
> work
> > on /Under Fire; The Story of a Squad/ by Henri Barbusse, originally
> > published under the title /La Feu/ and translated by Fitzwater Wray.
> >
> > PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4380 <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4380> <https://www.gutenberg.org/ <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/>
> archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb>>Wiki: https://
> > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel) <http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel)> <https://
> > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel) <http://
> > standardebooks/0434f5f0-c569-41d0-9804-
> c31146487e9dn%40googlegroups.com <http://40googlegroups.com>
> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/standardebooks/0434f5f0-
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On 7/10/26 9:36 PM, Bob Reus wrote:
> Ok! Here's the repo: https://github.com/bob-reus/henri-barbusse_under-
> fire_fitzwater-wray
>
> I just discovered that most, if not all, diacritics are missing from the
> transcription too, so this may take a while.
>
> On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 9:40:09 PM UTC+8 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> OK, send a link to your repo once you start.
>
> We don't have a collection for Prix Goncourt because most of the
> entries
> don't have English translations.
>
> On 7/10/26 6:41 AM, Bob Reus wrote:
> > For my next project I want to take a little break from Saltus to
> work
> > on /Under Fire; The Story of a Squad/ by Henri Barbusse, originally
> > published under the title /La Feu/ and translated by Fitzwater Wray.
> >
> > PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4380 <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/>
> > ebooks/4380>
> > IA: https://archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb <https://
> archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb>
> > <https://archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb <https://
> > IA: https://archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb <https://
> archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb>
> archive.org/details/underfirestoryof00barb>>Wiki: https://
> > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel) <http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel)> <https://
> > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel) <http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Fire_(Barbusse_novel)>>
> > Wordcount: ~112k
> >
> > This is one of the older transcriptions on PG, and as such is
> lacking
> > italics and possibly other styling. I'll make sure to check
> carefully
> > against the scans. Furthermore, there are footnotes to be
> converted to
> > endnotes, but other than that this seems to be a fairly
> straightforward
> > production.
> >
> > As it's a novel about a French squad in WW I, I would like to
> suggest /
> > La Mitrailleuse <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/c-r-w-
> nevinson/la- <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/c-r-w-nevinson/la->
> > Wordcount: ~112k
> >
> > This is one of the older transcriptions on PG, and as such is
> lacking
> > italics and possibly other styling. I'll make sure to check
> carefully
> > against the scans. Furthermore, there are footnotes to be
> converted to
> > endnotes, but other than that this seems to be a fairly
> straightforward
> > production.
> >
> > As it's a novel about a French squad in WW I, I would like to
> suggest /
> > La Mitrailleuse <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/c-r-w-
> > mitrailleuse>/ by C. R. W. Nevinson for the cover.
> >
> > Finally, this book won the /Prix Goncourt <https://
> en.wikipedia.org/ <https://en.wikipedia.org/>
> >
> > Finally, this book won the /Prix Goncourt <https://
> > wiki/Prix_Goncourt>/, but as far as I could see there's no
> collection
> > for that yet. Should one be created?
> >
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> > for that yet. Should one be created?
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