The Living Age, Volume 286Living Age Company, 1915 - Literature |
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... army was defeated , until they came unawares against a strong position carefully prepared beforehand and well pro- vided with heavy artillery . There the French advance was checked and turned into a retreat . Sullenly Gen- eral de ...
... army was defeated , until they came unawares against a strong position carefully prepared beforehand and well pro- vided with heavy artillery . There the French advance was checked and turned into a retreat . Sullenly Gen- eral de ...
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... army corps and for them he could not be re- sponsible , but while he was there he would see to it that the inhabitants of Lunéville were properly treated . The mayor , who was held as a hostage and was quite prepared to be shot out of ...
... army corps and for them he could not be re- sponsible , but while he was there he would see to it that the inhabitants of Lunéville were properly treated . The mayor , who was held as a hostage and was quite prepared to be shot out of ...
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of war . As reckless and dashing as the men of the active army when occasion demands , they possess a steadiness and power of endurance which is proof against every trial . Pères de famille as most of them are , they positively seem to ...
of war . As reckless and dashing as the men of the active army when occasion demands , they possess a steadiness and power of endurance which is proof against every trial . Pères de famille as most of them are , they positively seem to ...
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... Army or the War Office as they were last August with what they were in 1905 without being forced to acknowl- edge that in the interval an immense and beneficent revolution had been wrought . The credit of it was almost wholly Lord ...
... Army or the War Office as they were last August with what they were in 1905 without being forced to acknowl- edge that in the interval an immense and beneficent revolution had been wrought . The credit of it was almost wholly Lord ...
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... Army is immense . Everyone feels con- fident that he will close a distressing page in our conduct of this war and will see to it that our men at the Front never again have to suffer through any lack of the right kind of shells . In the ...
... Army is immense . Everyone feels con- fident that he will close a distressing page in our conduct of this war and will see to it that our men at the Front never again have to suffer through any lack of the right kind of shells . In the ...
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