Worst Fighting of War in 1918
London reports that the spring 1918 German offensive eclipsed all earlier Western Front battles. The piece recaps major 1917 campaigns from Ypres and Verdun to Cambrai, notes British, French, and Canadian gains, and cites territorial advances in Mesopotamia and Palestine before the March 21, 1918 offensive.
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London
Cambrai
Ypres
Menin Road
Broodseinde
Passchendaele
Germany
Russia
Yser
Langemarck
Lens
Verdun
Hollebeke
Longemaerek
Cana
Dians
Soissone
Alane
Vauxilion
la Rovere
Poeleappelle
Julian Byng
Aindenburg
Hune
Tune
Byng
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Jerusalem
Adriatic
Egean
Maditerranean
Tigris
Euphrates
Bagdad
Fir
Western Front
First Fight Tales From a Chicago Marine Veteran
A Chicago born United States Marine describes his experience at Château-Thierry. He recalls fear on going over the top, the death of officers, brutal shelling, talking with fellow soldiers, and moments that underlined how close death loomed, including a flower crushed by unseen fate.
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United States
Chicago
Chateau Thierry
Excel Enemy in Air British Air Force Headquarters In France
German high command shows unease over Allied air power as American pilots join French and British flyers. A German wireless report claims superior German flying, while a British squadron leader notes British air forces claimed 8398 German machines over a period with 100 machines damaged beyond repair and 128 British planes missing.
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France
Germany
Americana
Fun in Poolroom Round-Up in Knoxville
Amusing incidents marked a roundup of more than 800 youths in twelve poolrooms in Knoxville Tennessee. A deputy sheriff asked a patrolman to show his final card. after excuses the patrolman admitted he did not have it and obtained one from his toes board. A youth aiming to join the navy stiffened, danced the Hula and moaned he would rather not join the navy if forced to board.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Navy
Naval
Sugars Substitutes For Cakes and Desserts In Wartime Diet
Practical wartime guide suggests honey corn syrup sorghum and molasses as sugar substitutes for baking and beverages. It includes fruit syrups, beet syrup, and refiners' syrup, with recipes for fruit cakes lemon pudding custards meringue chocolate desserts and fruit whips using syrup and minimal sugar.
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Sergean
Boche
Kamerad
Berlin
America
Special Information Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Sirups
Walter