Depew’s Zepp raid tale of war service and valor
Albert N. Depew recounts Navy service rising to chief petty officer first class gunner. After honorable discharge he joins the Foreign Legion and sails to France. He serves aboard the dreadnought Cassard, earns high honors for marksmanship, then transfers to land forces and fights at Dixmude and in a bayonet clash at the front.
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Albert N. Depew
United States Navy
Navy
France
Foreign Legion
Flanders Front
Dixmude
No Man's Land Front Line Describes Battle Hell and Casualties
A first person wartime reminiscence recalls bomb hits that killed a best friend, missing a gunner officer, and a captain's head shot. The narrator notes cursing, fear, and frenzy as shells rain, trenches collapse, and no man’s land fills with gray German uniforms.
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Fritz
No Man's Land
Woolworth
Dixmude Night Run Amid Zeppelins and German Atrocities
In Dixmude a small British detail delivers dispatches while German patrols threaten. A Belgian flag signals shift in control as bombardments and Zeppelins strike. Civilians suffer brutalities, including murder and abduction, with a doctor saving a wounded family and locals vowing to remember the German cruelty.
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Bartel
Dixmude
Fiah
Depense Wounded In Brush With Germans
A brief item notes a person named Depense wounded in a brush with German forces, with a curtain line indicating more details to appear in the next installment.
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Depense
Uncertain Patient Report Cures Cited by Experience
A garbled note describes night feverish symptoms and a claim of improvement after a treatment involving twelve boxes. The speaker asserts lasting relief and credits the remedy for recovery. No verifiable medical evidence or identifiable sources are present in the readable text.
Immortally Famed Man Went To War In 1914
Ernest Dimnet recounts a Parisian shopkeeper who left his work to join France’s army in July 1914. He endured trenches, hunger, wounds, and long treks to surgeons, returning to the front after every setback. Four brutal years passed with the belief that the next winter would end it all.
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Bartel
Zepp
Dixmude
Zeppe Uns
Frits
Red Cross
Laurent
Doctor Laurent
Dizsmude
Madame Tilmans
Eirnest Dimnet
Atlantic
Saluting Rules for Wrens at Sea
British naval officers must salute the Wrens when the women hold higher ranks and the Wrens return the salute with a bow. The policy grants notable respect to women in the royal naval service as part of naval etiquette and recognition of service.
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Royal Naval Service
Speaking for it, Smith-Do you always give your wife the last word
Smythe responds that he does not always grant his wife the final say. A witty exchange centers on household dynamics and gender roles as they discuss supremacy in decision making. The remark underscores social attitudes reflected in the era.
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Smith
Smythe
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