The National Review, Volume 77W.H. Allen, 1921 - English literature |
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Page 36
... turn back to it in cold blood and read it [ Sir Edward Grey's speech of August 13 , 1914 ] carefully , so as to ascertain why England has practically declared war on Germany , we shall find that the only reason from beginning to end in ...
... turn back to it in cold blood and read it [ Sir Edward Grey's speech of August 13 , 1914 ] carefully , so as to ascertain why England has practically declared war on Germany , we shall find that the only reason from beginning to end in ...
Page 64
... turn to the second aspect of the affair , the account of the conduct of the operations presented in the Official History , with which the public are also concerned : it is clearly incumbent upon the author of that chronicle , Sir Julian ...
... turn to the second aspect of the affair , the account of the conduct of the operations presented in the Official History , with which the public are also concerned : it is clearly incumbent upon the author of that chronicle , Sir Julian ...
Page 85
... turn out otherwise than they had anticipated . Arrangements made and ideas formed in time of peace have to be drastically remodelled under the pressure of reality ; and not only methods but also men , proved by events to be unfitted for ...
... turn out otherwise than they had anticipated . Arrangements made and ideas formed in time of peace have to be drastically remodelled under the pressure of reality ; and not only methods but also men , proved by events to be unfitted for ...
Page 86
... turn ; the two armies moved side by side henceforward right through the Great Retreat until the " about turn " of the Battle of the Marne , and after , until the departure of the British for Flanders- though Lanrezac's connection with ...
... turn ; the two armies moved side by side henceforward right through the Great Retreat until the " about turn " of the Battle of the Marne , and after , until the departure of the British for Flanders- though Lanrezac's connection with ...
Page 89
... turning movement on a grand scale on the left bank of the Meuse . But though Lanrezac realized this , his ideas were not ... turn expressed the same view in exactly the same words . Realizing that the fatal THE CASE OF GENERAL LANREZAC 89.
... turning movement on a grand scale on the left bank of the Meuse . But though Lanrezac realized this , his ideas were not ... turn expressed the same view in exactly the same words . Realizing that the fatal THE CASE OF GENERAL LANREZAC 89.
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