World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men who Fought Or Saw the Great Campaigns, Volume 2Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill P. F. Collier & son, 1919 - World War, 1914-1918 |
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... guns of large calibre , exceeding 200 milli- metres , many of 370 and 420 millimetres . The battle plans were based on the offensive artillery . power of the heavy artillery . The new formula was to run , " The artillery attacks , the ...
... guns of large calibre , exceeding 200 milli- metres , many of 370 and 420 millimetres . The battle plans were based on the offensive artillery . power of the heavy artillery . The new formula was to run , " The artillery attacks , the ...
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... guns . They were also commanded by energetic and brilliant Genius of chiefs : General Pétain , who offset the insuffi- Pétain cient railroad communications with the rear Nivelle . by putting in motion a great stream of more than 40,000 ...
... guns . They were also commanded by energetic and brilliant Genius of chiefs : General Pétain , who offset the insuffi- Pétain cient railroad communications with the rear Nivelle . by putting in motion a great stream of more than 40,000 ...
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... to perform prod- igies . The medium - calibre pieces had now come into action , particularly the 150 mm . guns , with their amazing mobility of fire , which shelled the French first line , as well as 20 WORLD'S WAR EVENTS.
... to perform prod- igies . The medium - calibre pieces had now come into action , particularly the 150 mm . guns , with their amazing mobility of fire , which shelled the French first line , as well as 20 WORLD'S WAR EVENTS.
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... and transferring their men and guns to the Somme . The French troops , therefore , initiative . Were to take the initiative out of the hands of French take the the Germans and inaugurate , in their turn , a 24 WORLD'S WAR EVENTS.
... and transferring their men and guns to the Somme . The French troops , therefore , initiative . Were to take the initiative out of the hands of French take the the Germans and inaugurate , in their turn , a 24 WORLD'S WAR EVENTS.
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... guns of 400 millimetres hundred calibre . The Germans had fifteen divisions on the Verdun front , but the French command judged it sufficient to make the attack with three divisions , which advanced along a front of seven kilometres ...
... guns of 400 millimetres hundred calibre . The Germans had fifteen divisions on the Verdun front , but the French command judged it sufficient to make the attack with three divisions , which advanced along a front of seven kilometres ...
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5th Battle Squadron action advance Allies Alpini American Ancre Army artillery assault attack Austrians Battle Fleet Battle of Verdun Battle Squadron battle-cruisers Beersheba Belgium bombardment British camps Captain captured carried Combles command Corps Cossacks counterattacks course cruisers defense Delville Wood destroyers divisions Duma east enemy's engaged ernment fighting fire flank Flotilla force France French front Gaza Ginchy ground Guard Guillemont guns heavy hostile Imperial German Government infantry July La Boisselle Le Sars Lieutenant Light-cruiser Litenie ment Meuse miles military morning mounted troops munitions National necessary neutral Nevsky night offensive officers operations organization peace Petrograd police port position Pozières preparation President prisoners railway reached ridge river road Roubaix Rumania Russian sent Sheria ship soldiers Somme station submarine success sunk supply taken Thiaumont Thiepval tion took torpedo Turkish Turks United Verdun vessels village yards Yenikoi
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