Confessions of a Germant жизнь Deserter Chapter X
A deserter recalls backmarch from the Marne through night marches and rain to St Menehould and Clermont en Argonne. He describes trench fighting at Cernay en Dormois with French attacks, reinforcements, and Red Cross mistrust, plus looting and camp life before billeting in a ruined village.
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St. Menehould
Clermont-en-Argonne
Cernay-en-Dormois
Geneva
Red Cross
Germany
Marne
Siege of Cernay en Dermois during French bombardment
The narrative recounts civilians and soldiers interned in a barn at Cernay en Dermois under heavy bombardment. A clock tampered with signals spy activity, daily shelling, and successive moves to Montmedy and Verdun areas reveal brutal conditions and nightly pioneer duties under threat.
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Cernay
Cernay-en-Dermois
Reims
Pompette Fort
Main de Massiges
Gouraud
Dardanelles
Tne
March to Jametz Damvillers and Wavrille Front Observations
After marching 15 kilometers the unit reached Jametz and received hospitality from locals. They moved on to Damvillers and then Wavrille where they occupied an abandoned house. Attached to the Ninth reserve division they posted with an infantry company and noted minimal musketry fire across the line with only occasional artillery action.
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Jametz
Damvillers
Wavrille
No Royal Road to Achievement Through Hard Work
The text asserts that success comes only through labor and preparation. It argues no one has a right to ability without training and warns that unearned talent leads to disappointment. It emphasizes that what others have gained was earned by effort, not advertised or given.
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Ludendorff
Marne
Flanders
Epernay
Chalons
Reims
Mont-Miraih
Paris
News Review of the Past Week in World War I Battles
A sweeping summary of Allied and German actions near Chateau Thierry and Reims. The German offensive stalled after heavy losses, while American and French forces counterattacked, recapturing towns and holding lines. Reports praise Allied morale and note broader military and political tremors across Europe and Asia.
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Germany
Simashing
Foch
Belleau Wood
Aisne
Alles
Saissans
Neuilly St. Front
Culeby
Chateau Thierry
Ludendorff
Reims
Marne
America
Bowie
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Detroit Free Press
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Women’s Camouflage Corps
Union Square
New York
Edward W. Pickare
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Main de Massires
von Bernhardt
Vaux
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St. Agnan
la Chapelle-Monthodon
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China
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United States
Sibegin
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Lenine
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Lada
Hoover
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