Littell's Living Age, Volume 303, Issue 3933Littell, Son and Company, 1919 |
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Page 447
... turned , made up our luggage and food packs , got into the auto , which waited while we ate a shallow and unsub- stantial meal , for which we paid 300- rubles , and drove off at a furious pace along the great chaussée toward Ostrov ...
... turned , made up our luggage and food packs , got into the auto , which waited while we ate a shallow and unsub- stantial meal , for which we paid 300- rubles , and drove off at a furious pace along the great chaussée toward Ostrov ...
Page 457
... turning point in military history . It showed that the civilian industrial effort behind an army would in future be a determining factor . We all know that , but what we want to know is exactly how that factor proved deter- minant ; for ...
... turning point in military history . It showed that the civilian industrial effort behind an army would in future be a determining factor . We all know that , but what we want to know is exactly how that factor proved deter- minant ; for ...
Page 458
... turned into a mere business of attrition , and , therefore , the rapidly increasing industrial power of the Allies rightly regarded it as a de- feat for their opponent . But what checked it ? How was it checked ? What went wrong ? You ...
... turned into a mere business of attrition , and , therefore , the rapidly increasing industrial power of the Allies rightly regarded it as a de- feat for their opponent . But what checked it ? How was it checked ? What went wrong ? You ...
Page 459
... turning effort . He justly describes the nature of the French success at the Moron- villiers hills , but he does not ( where he should , on page 426 ) explain ex- actly what the French failure was tactically . - To put the matter in ...
... turning effort . He justly describes the nature of the French success at the Moron- villiers hills , but he does not ( where he should , on page 426 ) explain ex- actly what the French failure was tactically . - To put the matter in ...
Page 460
... turned the whole of that affair . The enemy could not push forward thoroughly so long as the neck of his salient remained narrow , and narrow it would remain so long as the corner at Festubert was held against him . It was held , as we ...
... turned the whole of that affair . The enemy could not push forward thoroughly so long as the neck of his salient remained narrow , and narrow it would remain so long as the corner at Festubert was held against him . It was held , as we ...
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