The Living Age, Volume 286Living Age Company, 1915 |
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Page 10
... officers had nothing to guide them but their varying com- mon sense . Dr. Lieber , a distinguished American writer on public law , was requested to draw up a code of " in- structions for the government of the armies of the United States ...
... officers had nothing to guide them but their varying com- mon sense . Dr. Lieber , a distinguished American writer on public law , was requested to draw up a code of " in- structions for the government of the armies of the United States ...
Page 12
... officers and soldiers and other persons officially attached to armies " shall be taken care of as prisoners of war " without distinction of nationality , " and that after each engagement the commander in posses- sion of the field shall ...
... officers and soldiers and other persons officially attached to armies " shall be taken care of as prisoners of war " without distinction of nationality , " and that after each engagement the commander in posses- sion of the field shall ...
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... officer who , with a telephone and three kilomètres of wire , had been correct- ing the fire of his guns beyond the forest , and who had held his post until every gun was silent . The full story of the defence of Nancy will some day be ...
... officer who , with a telephone and three kilomètres of wire , had been correct- ing the fire of his guns beyond the forest , and who had held his post until every gun was silent . The full story of the defence of Nancy will some day be ...
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... officer had the power to give it a special interest of its own . It marked the position of the German outposts . Through the glasses we could distin- guish the brown lines of the German trenches cut in the slopes below it and , for an ...
... officer had the power to give it a special interest of its own . It marked the position of the German outposts . Through the glasses we could distin- guish the brown lines of the German trenches cut in the slopes below it and , for an ...
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... Officer who was guiding us suddenly admitted that he was at a loss . " I have been to this battery three times , " he said , " and each time I have had a regular hunt for it . Even now I do not feel sure that we are right . If it is not ...
... Officer who was guiding us suddenly admitted that he was at a loss . " I have been to this battery three times , " he said , " and each time I have had a regular hunt for it . Even now I do not feel sure that we are right . If it is not ...
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