The Book of History: The events of 1916 ... 1917 and summaryGrolier society, 1920 A profusely illustrated summary of world history from an Euro-centric view but in great detail up to the end of World War II. |
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... guns posted on the high land on the west of the river , which swept the German attack with enfilading fire . FIELD ... gun fire while trying to bombard the French railway line of communication , and two German aeroplanes were destroyed ...
... guns posted on the high land on the west of the river , which swept the German attack with enfilading fire . FIELD ... gun fire while trying to bombard the French railway line of communication , and two German aeroplanes were destroyed ...
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... guns by an arrogantly daring return to old- fashioned methods . Instead of digging any more gun - pits , they placed hun- dreds of pieces of artillery side by side above ground , confident that the French artillery would be over ...
... guns by an arrogantly daring return to old- fashioned methods . Instead of digging any more gun - pits , they placed hun- dreds of pieces of artillery side by side above ground , confident that the French artillery would be over ...
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... guns , hidden at some distance from the positions at which the German gunners aimed . The batteries of light guns , which the French handled with the flexibility . and continuity of fire of maxims , were also concealed in widely ...
... guns , hidden at some distance from the positions at which the German gunners aimed . The batteries of light guns , which the French handled with the flexibility . and continuity of fire of maxims , were also concealed in widely ...
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... guns . The deep roofs were driven down upon the men shelter- ing beneath , and the wood had to be air , and the Germans suffered very badly . A PART OF THE WOOD TEMPORARILY RECOVERED . Soon afterwards , Lieutenant - Colonel Driant ...
... guns . The deep roofs were driven down upon the men shelter- ing beneath , and the wood had to be air , and the Germans suffered very badly . A PART OF THE WOOD TEMPORARILY RECOVERED . Soon afterwards , Lieutenant - Colonel Driant ...
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... guns had to fight a continual rearguard action in the open . Though they often caught German columns at short range , they were in turn smitten by the heavy German guns ; enemy airmen circling over them and directing the fire . HE ...
... guns had to fight a continual rearguard action in the open . Though they often caught German columns at short range , they were in turn smitten by the heavy German guns ; enemy airmen circling over them and directing the fire . HE ...
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Страница 740 - The Senate of the United States is the only legislative body in the world which cannot act when its majority is ready for action. A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
Страница 730 - Government that it cannot for a moment entertain, much less discuss, a suggestion that respect by German naval authorities for the rights of citizens of the United States upon the high seas should in any way or in the slightest degree be made contingent upon the conduct of any other Government affecting the rights of neutrals and noncombatants. Responsibility in such matters is single, not joint; absolute, not relative.
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