The Battle of the Nations, 1914-1918: A Young Folks' History of the Great WarCentury Company, 1919 - 328 страница |
Друга издања - Прикажи све
Чести термини и фразе
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 command crossed czar Danube defeat defense drive east enemy England English equipped Europe Ferdinand Foch fighting fire flank fleet Foch 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 large number losses machine guns Mackensen Marne Meuse miles military nation naval navy neutral North Sea obliged operations Paris ports positions 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
Популарни одломци
Страница 193 - To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
Страница 193 - Germany has once more said that force, and force alone, shall decide whether justice and peace shall reign in the affairs of men, whether 'Right as America conceives it or Dominion as she conceives it shall determine the destinies of mankind. There is, therefore, but one response possible from us: Force. Force to the utmost. Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world, and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust.
Страница 327 - Independence that all governments derive 'their just powers from the consent of the governed...
Страница 193 - ... freedom might have a place of refuge and a place where their hope could be realized and now, having established such a government, having preserved such a government, having vindicated the power of such a government, we are saying to all mankind, "we did not set this government up in order that we might have a selfish and separate liberty, for we are now ready to come to your assistance and fight out upon the fields of the world the cause of human liberty.
Страница 194 - The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.
Страница 307 - October 4 we maintained the offensive against patches of woods defended by snipers and continuous lines of machine guns, and pushed forward our guns and transport, seizing strategical points in preparation for further attacks.
Страница 308 - The 2d conquered the complicated defense works on their front against a persistent defense worthy of the grimmest period of trench warfare and attacked the strongly held wooded hill of Blanc Mont, which they captured in a second assault, sweeping over it with consummate dash and skill. This division then repulsed strong counter attacks before the village and cemetery of Ste.
Страница 180 - ... vain, if there is to be any lasting compensation for the appalling suffering of the last three years, the defeat of the Prussian will to power, however it is brought about, will not by itself be enough. Out of...
Страница 257 - We regret being unable on this occasion to follow the counsels of our masters, the French, but the American flag has been forced to retire. This is unendurable and none of our soldiers would understand their not being asked to do whatever is necessary to re-establish a situation which is humilating to us and unacceptable to our country's honor. We are going to counter-attack.
Страница 307 - Twenty-seventh pushed on impetuously through the main line until some of its elements reached Gouy. In the midst of the maze of trenches and shell craters and under cross fire from machine guns the other elements fought desperately against odds. In this and in later actions, from October 6 to October 19, our Second Corps captured over 6,000 prisoners and advanced over 13 miles.