German Pioneers Cross Meuse Under Fire To Build Pontoon Bridge
German engineers across the Meuse in Belgium construct pontoon bridges amid heavy French fire. They suffer casualties while moving pontoons, loading platforms, and supplying troops. After repeated crossings and battles, they repair roads and pursue retreating French forces along the Meuse frontline.
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Meuse
Engineers’ Corps
United States Army
Belgium
Donchery
Twenty-third
Soudan
Dragoon Armory
Fiod
Banka
Lne
French Surrender Staged Slaughter Into German Hands
Soldiers surrendering when surrounded were killed by German troops under officer orders. The passage describes one incident in a forthcoming installment detailing wartime atrocities.
Watch His Laugh and the Man Who Laughs Without Smile
A reflection on character noting that a genuine laugh betrays a person’s nature while a smileless laugh reveals cruelty and hardness. The piece contrasts a true laugh with a masked or ventriloquist style, warning readers to avoid those who laugh without smiling.
Americans Drive Forward In Cantigny Victory
American forces launch a decisive assault west of Montdidier. In under an hour they break German lines, seize Cantigny village, take prisoners, and gain a ridge, validating Allied resolve and American mettle in the early Picardy action.
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Edward W. Pickard
Caser
West Front
Flanders
Amiens
Champagne
Paris
Vezilly
Marne
Chemin Des Dames
Crnonne
Vailly
Fismes
Soissons
Foch
Reims
Picardy
Montdidier
Cantizny
Pershing
Cantigny
Luneville
Toul
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Locre
Tonate
Piave
Cape Sile
Sweden
Great Britain
Denmark
America
Germany
Newark
Agawam
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Admiralty
Leasowe Castle
Mediterranean
Central Committee of
White Guard
United States
Charles
Wilson
Congress
Supreme Court
France
England
McAdoo
Railroad Wage Commission
Hoover
King George
Buckingham Palace
London
Gabriel Pares
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