Chapter 18

The Western Battle Field, Showing the International Frontiers, the Important Railways, the Position of the Lines at the Culmination of Important Campaigns, and the Battle Front as it Existed in September, 1918.

The Western Battle Field, Showing the International Frontiers, the Important Railways, the Position of the Lines at the Culmination of Important Campaigns, and the Battle Front as it Existed in September, 1918.

The Battle Fronts of the Great War—as the Lines Were Drawn in Belgium, France, the Balkans, Italy, Palestine, and Mesopotamia, September, 1918. The Russian Front Had Completely Disappeared.

The Battle Fronts of the Great War—as the Lines Were Drawn in Belgium, France, the Balkans, Italy, Palestine, and Mesopotamia, September, 1918. The Russian Front Had Completely Disappeared.

The Western Front from Nancy to Calais.

The Western Front from Nancy to Calais.

Transcriber's notes: Obvious printer's errors have been silently corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been standardised, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained. Other corrections are listed below:The corrected word is given between brackets.Page89: "Scarcely have they touched the soil of this putrified [putrefied] Europe when they already are forcing their way into Germany."Page112: "Included in the work of Congress was final agreement on a war revenue measure after six months of debate (with wide divergence of taxation plans between the House and Senate) estimated to produce $2,534,870 [$2,534,870,000], of which $851,000,000 was to be levied on incomes, and $1,000,000,000 on excess profits."Page209: "But compared with their losses of the two preceeding [preceding] weeks, the present losses were slight and showed a decided revival of the Italian resistance and a slowing up of the Austro-German advance."Page216: "On the morning of October 27, 1917, the Turks made a strong reconnoissance toward Karm from the direction of Kauwukah, two regiments of calvary [cavalry] and two or three thousand infantry, with guns, being employed."Page226: "Between the foot of the spur of the main range and the costal [coastal] plain is the low range known as the Shephelah."Page237: "Farther south a post at the village of Obeid was attacked by 700 of the enemy, who surrounded it and fired 400 shells into the monastery, but the Middlesex men, who were the garrison of the post, held out, their casualities [casualties] being trifling."Page308: "In the Rheims sector the crown prince's forces occupied the northern parts of La Neuvillete [Neuvillette] and Betheny, a mile nearer to Rheims on the northwest and northeast."Page378: "Flashes and war-splitting [ear-splitting] crashes came from batteries put in position just far enough off the roads to avoid the traffic."Page448: "The cooperators, however, realize the danger from German economic cont [control]

Transcriber's notes: Obvious printer's errors have been silently corrected. Hyphenation and accentuation have been standardised, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained. Other corrections are listed below:

The corrected word is given between brackets.

Page89: "Scarcely have they touched the soil of this putrified [putrefied] Europe when they already are forcing their way into Germany."

Page112: "Included in the work of Congress was final agreement on a war revenue measure after six months of debate (with wide divergence of taxation plans between the House and Senate) estimated to produce $2,534,870 [$2,534,870,000], of which $851,000,000 was to be levied on incomes, and $1,000,000,000 on excess profits."

Page209: "But compared with their losses of the two preceeding [preceding] weeks, the present losses were slight and showed a decided revival of the Italian resistance and a slowing up of the Austro-German advance."

Page216: "On the morning of October 27, 1917, the Turks made a strong reconnoissance toward Karm from the direction of Kauwukah, two regiments of calvary [cavalry] and two or three thousand infantry, with guns, being employed."

Page226: "Between the foot of the spur of the main range and the costal [coastal] plain is the low range known as the Shephelah."

Page237: "Farther south a post at the village of Obeid was attacked by 700 of the enemy, who surrounded it and fired 400 shells into the monastery, but the Middlesex men, who were the garrison of the post, held out, their casualities [casualties] being trifling."

Page308: "In the Rheims sector the crown prince's forces occupied the northern parts of La Neuvillete [Neuvillette] and Betheny, a mile nearer to Rheims on the northwest and northeast."

Page378: "Flashes and war-splitting [ear-splitting] crashes came from batteries put in position just far enough off the roads to avoid the traffic."

Page448: "The cooperators, however, realize the danger from German economic cont [control]


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