Terrific Slaughter Marks Opening of Historic Battle of Marne
An eye witness account describes German advance through Belgium and into France, vivid combat near Meuse, Neufetin, and Vitry le Francois, with intense artillery barrages and hand to hand fighting. Soldiers recall No Man’s Land horrors, wounded cries, and failed medical aid as French and German lines contest Paris.
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The
Marne
Bynopele
Uuwe
Germah Arny
United States Army
Heliain
Serosa
Belgium
Paris
Wenrtons
Tur Weteck
Geeppy
Beng Meade
Pogny
Chalaneser Marne
Vitry le Francvse
Nlne Wetork
Vitry de Prancota
Vitry de Francole
Germania Beenie
Rendes
Leprang
Mattman
Wea
Dageuia
Tee Wee
Night Attack Drenched in Rain Explains Ferocious Frontline Struggle
Soldiers recount the dawn assault on French lines at 4 15 am in pouring rain. They describe tearing into the breastworks, heavy machine gun fire, and mounting casualties as French forces repeatedly attacked with little gain. Hunger thirst exhaustion and constant bombardment describe their desperate condition.
French Hold Up German Forces at Marne in Fierce Battle
French troops contest German lines and stop the Prussian advance on days two and three of the Marne battle. The German front buckles under sustained French assaults as a brutal clash for control of a German battalion unfolds in the next installment.
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The
Marne
Seeming Contradiction in Views of Americans and Orientals
Fragmentary excerpt contrasts perceived blunt American practicality with European views. It notes Americans’ fondness for sentimental magazines and books, and laments waste in food preservation. The text references Henry & Canby and the Atlantic in a critical tone.
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Henry & Canby
Atlantic
Army camoufleurs expand as a new military art in US
The government orders camouflage specialists into every regiment and training camp, with about 500 experts abroad and 16 camoufleurs per regiment at home. Towle trains diverse crews including landscape artists, photographers, and women volunteers who are testing suits and methods at Yonkers and Tryon Hall, aiming to blind aerial observers and conceal troops and equipment.
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United States Army
Armerica
New York City
Pereshing
EL Ledyard Towle
Seventy-fiest Infantry
New York
Military Camouflage
New National Army
Yonkers
Towle
2 Hill
Women's League For National Service
Towie
Tryon Hall
Try
C. K. G. Billings Place
Washington Heights
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
National League For Woman's Service
Corps
Argentina Burns Corn Crop Due to Ship Shortage
The article notes corn crops in Argentina being burned because of a lack of ships to export the cereal. It also covers related economic effects including a 40 million dollar rise in fire damages in the U S during wartime, a coal strike timeline, and prices in Kensington England communal kitchens.
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Argentina
United States
Royal Borough
Kensington
England
Pottery the Oldest Art Captures Ancient History
Pottery is described as the oldest and widest diffused form of human art. The text notes its beginnings trace to Babel and that Egyptian pottery is oldest known, with every people practicing the craft after the Mosaic flood, marking pottery as the earliest art form.
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Tower of Babel
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