Victorious Germany and the Allied Struggle in 1917
The article analyzes German strategy as World War I nears a turning point in 1917. It argues Germany seeks a desperate defensive to force peace by negotiation, while the Allies aim to wear down German strength through local, limited offensives. It notes Allied material gains, air superiority, and improved logistics as the campaign unfolds.
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Germany
Lee
Allies Press Front Breaks German Line In 1918 Campaign
The article surveys Allied gains on the Western Front, noting prisoner captures surpassing 195 000 and major ground taken from Verdun to Ypres. It argues German positions recede, Allied artillery dominates, and only a 1918 victory depends on Allied unity and American entry to avert defeat by summer.
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Somme
Verdun
Arras
Rheims
Ypres
Lens
Channel
Argonne
France
Peronne
Oises
Noyon
Douaumont
Vaux
Dead Man’s Hill
Flanders
Pilkem Ridge
Wyts- Chaete Ridge
Vimy Heights
Aisne
Chemin des-Dames
Moronvilliers
Vosges
la Bassee
Champagne
Lorraine
Petit jurors listed for Emmet county term
Estherville and surrounding towns supply a long list of petit jurors for the September court term in Emmet county. Names include Rhodes Woodhouse Foshier Harland Tuttle Shutes Griffith Frank Dressen Goecke Dahl Ball Linge Logue Gage Weir Werling Anderson Gronstal Robernus Nelson Christiansen Peterson Gram Iverson Johnson Anderson Albie Olson Green Hartman Nelson Rankin Doughty Harris Doudna and others. Irving Doudna of Spirit Lake departs to Newport News to join a military band aboard a transport traveling to France.
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Emmet
W. T. Rhodes Geo. Woodhouse
Wm. Foshier
Estherville Thos. Harland
Estherville
J. L
O. A. Dressen
Vienry Goecke
Chas. Dahl
John Ball
L. D. Linge
Chas. Logue
Iernest Gage
B. W. Weir
Wallingford
Johnnie Johnson
Christie Anderson
F. W. Albie
Dolliver
Alfred Olson
Halfa
Wm. M. Green
Gruver
Frank Hartman
A. R. Nelson
Armstrong W. C. Rankin
Armstrong
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