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... took place at almost the same spots . Now that her armies had been captured , and with them her emperor , France declared herself a republic . She was helpless , however , and al- though Paris made a brave resistance and held out for ...
... took place at almost the same spots . Now that her armies had been captured , and with them her emperor , France declared herself a republic . She was helpless , however , and al- though Paris made a brave resistance and held out for ...
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... took place almost within hearing of her capital city , Brussels . To free Belgium from the perpetual danger of war the great nations of Europe made , early in the last century , a solemn treaty guaranteeing her neutrality ; that is ...
... took place almost within hearing of her capital city , Brussels . To free Belgium from the perpetual danger of war the great nations of Europe made , early in the last century , a solemn treaty guaranteeing her neutrality ; that is ...
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... took no steps to fortify her Belgian frontier . All of France's great border fortresses , such as Verdun , Epinal , Belfort , were situated along her eastern frontier , where her territory joined that of Germany . It did not occur to ...
... took no steps to fortify her Belgian frontier . All of France's great border fortresses , such as Verdun , Epinal , Belfort , were situated along her eastern frontier , where her territory joined that of Germany . It did not occur to ...
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... took up arms to defend her existence . If any evidence were needed to disprove this claim , it would be found in the fact that when the war be- gan Germany was ready for it in every particular , and no other nation in Europe was . Her ...
... took up arms to defend her existence . If any evidence were needed to disprove this claim , it would be found in the fact that when the war be- gan Germany was ready for it in every particular , and no other nation in Europe was . Her ...
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... took up the airplane , invented by Ameri- cans , and greatly improved it for military pur- poses . Germany realized to a far greater extent than did the other nations of Europe the value of the airplane as a weapon of war , and ...
... took up the airplane , invented by Ameri- cans , and greatly improved it for military pur- poses . Germany realized to a far greater extent than did the other nations of Europe the value of the airplane as a weapon of war , and ...
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advance Aisne Allied American troops ammunition artillery attack Austrian Balkan battle battle-cruisers battle-ships began Belgian Belgium bombardment bombs British and French Bulgarian campaign captured carried CHAPTER Château-Thierry command crossed defeat defense drive east enemy England English equipped Europe fighting fire flank fleet forces fortress fought France French frontier Galicia German and Austrian German armies German general staff German lines German troops Germany's Gorizia heavy Hindenburg Line huge hundred Italian Italy kaiser land large number losses machine guns Mackensen Marne Marshal Foch Meuse miles military nation naval navy neutral North Sea obliged operations Paris ports positions prisoners railroad result retreat Rheims river rule rulers Rumania Russian armies salient Saloniki sent Serbia shells ships soldiers Somme soon submarines sunk supplies territory thousand tion torpedoed trench warfare Turkey Turkish Turks Underwood & Underwood United Verdun vessels victory war-ships western front