My German Soldier Describes Invasion of Belgium and Fast March
A German officer recounts the first days of World War I from before the invasion of Belgium to the advance toward Paris. He details orders, ambivalent enthusiasm, mass desertions, and the brutal reality of combat as Belgian villages are overrun and German forces push forward with cavalry, bicycles, and advancing artillery.
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Belgium
France
Paris
United States
Russia
Germany
England
Italy
Mainz-am-Rheine
Rhine
Duren
Theautos
Bicycle Corps
Bicycle
Fall of Liege and Belgian City Plunder Amid Invasion
The narrative promises the next installment detailing the fall of Liege and the looting of other Belgian cities as German siege guns unleash rain on resistance. The piece notes Zeppelins and giant guns targeting Belgium.
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Liege
Honorable retreats in no way inferior to brave charges
A quoted aphorism or editorial line contrasts strategic withdrawal with bold assault, suggesting prudence and discipline in military or political action. The text emphasizes restraint as a valued form of courage.
Jersey towns go dry under federal order near Princeton
Mercer county towns Jersey items report a prohibition order stopping sale of intoxicants affecting Rocky Hill hotels within five miles of Princeton aviation school. Also notes county grain and egg shipments to New York, court cases, and local wartime measures across Passaic Newark Asbury Park and Trenton with multiple small items.
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Mercer County
United States
Woodbury B. Snowden
Rocky Hill
Five Mile
Aviation School
Princeton
Trenton
Millville
Vineland
Harmonton
New York
Bureau of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
Passaic
A. W. Schrecke
New Brunswick
Hazel Stout
Cranberry
Thomas A. Mount
Collingswood
Board of Education
Kingston
Rocky Ne
Newark
Alexander Watson
Hoboken
Liberty Loans
Thomas McAnerney
United States Quartermaster Corps
Port Newark
Philip Goldberg
East Fortyninth Street
Manhattan
Harrison
Emil Gennell
New Jersey
Camp Dix
Gilkyson
Asbury Park
John LT. Schneider
Schneider
Lakeview
Tie
Fre
Ralph W. E. Donges
Camden
National Farmy
United States Public Services Reserve
Washington
Tinckensack
Hackensack
East Orange
Woodbury
Greenwich Township
Milford
Tunterdon County
Paulsboro
Alexander Archibald
C.F. Kraemer
Hohokus
Plainfield
R. L. Meermans
Hightstown
George W. Kugler
Kugler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnsonburg
Justice Minturn
Supreme Court of
Watson C. Cooper
Upton
Frelinghuysen
Lundy Armstrong
George R. Connors
Cufton
Haight
United States District Court
John Frey
Camp Merritt
Connors
Frey
Hugh Boyle
Paterson
Boyle
Elizabeth
Harry F., Langhans
Roselle Park
John A. Gallatinn
Edward C. McNaughton
Perley, Morse & Co
Langhan
Sarah F. Conboy
United Textile Workers
Ribbon Workers
Claurence F. Hetrick
Netrick
Monmouth County Red Cross
Fnoan
Asbury Park Bank
Cooper Hospital
Charles Jones
James Johnson
Theodore Allen
State Hospital
Plemington
William Hooper
Garb
Peter Kohntock
Wharton
Terry J. Goas
Workten
Kohnatock
Wo! Mining and Realty Company
Wiharton
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Ogdensburg
Thenry“Belerle
West New York
William B.holmes
State
Penn
Hennery
Nery
Arby
Jerusalem
Bermuda
Behs
Boston
Lady Washington
Ibs
Co. Ee
Cole
Florida
Bskt
Snk
Stearina
Oleo
Formosa
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