Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 29Americana Corporation, 1965 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 245
... position considerably behind the point from which Joffre had hoped they would start . Field Marshal French seemed in a position to strike a fatal blow to the Germans through the gap on his front between their First and Second armies ...
... position considerably behind the point from which Joffre had hoped they would start . Field Marshal French seemed in a position to strike a fatal blow to the Germans through the gap on his front between their First and Second armies ...
Page 269
... positions and fled to the rear . By nightfall the Fourth Army had captured the ad- vanced position of the Hindenburg Line and a good part of the second position . All three Brit- ish armies were now engaged in a slow but in- exorable ...
... positions and fled to the rear . By nightfall the Fourth Army had captured the ad- vanced position of the Hindenburg Line and a good part of the second position . All three Brit- ish armies were now engaged in a slow but in- exorable ...
Page 315
... position ahead of Beatty , while Beatty's 4 battleships took position in the rear of the battleship squadrons of the Grand Fleet . The German main body , led by Hipper , was then on a northeasterly course . Hood's battle cruisers first ...
... position ahead of Beatty , while Beatty's 4 battleships took position in the rear of the battleship squadrons of the Grand Fleet . The German main body , led by Hipper , was then on a northeasterly course . Hood's battle cruisers first ...
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