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Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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marked branches torn from newly foliagedtrees. What made Amiens appear so terrible was the silenceand loneliness of street after street with never a movingfigure or sound of a voice to break the monotony of deso-lation. On May 9 one of the greatest concentrations of Teutonictroops lay inside the bulge in the line which sagged downpast Arras, Amiens, and )Montdidier. North of this, in thesalient pointing toward Ilazebrouck, was a secondary con-centration, but proportionately important, mile for mile.Facing it were French, British, and a vanguard of Ameri-cans. Apparently there had been a shift in the Germancommand. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria now com-manded the Fourth and Sixth Armies down to near Arras.While the German High Command was completing prepara-tions for a third thrust, a sinister silence had spread alongthe battle line. Six weeks had passed since the combineddrive of the German and Bavarian Crown Princes waschecked on both sides of the Somme. Comparatively little 112
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LUDENDORFFS COLOSSAL DRIVE IN THE WEST ground had been won by Arnim and Qiiarst on the Lys infour weeks. More than 130 German divisions (1,800,000men) had been used on these two battle-fronts and an almostcomplete overhauling of their entire army had been madr^,necessary for a new start. Ludendorff was believed to beconcentrating the Empires total output of brain, muscle, andmaterial. There was little doubt that Germany was about toembark on another phase of her last great adventure. Ger-man drafts in use m refitting divisions were about half com-posed of returned wounded and recruits, including boys of18 years. Few, if any, youths of this age were in the lineat the beginning of the offensive. There was every proba-bility that the class of 1919, which was being drafted in largenumbers, would, with the veterans, be driven to death—fulfilling the Kaisers alleged boast that he would rule theworld, or see every man, boy, and horse die. Days passed without the Germans renewing the offens

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