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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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ve were still gaining time and num-bers, while the Germans were consuming time and losingnumbers. It was too soon to jubilate unreservedly over thenews, but there was reason for pride and thankfulness in theshowing made by American troops. That our regiments 226 FOCHS GREAT VICTORIES should have been able, not only to maintain themselves at onepoint, but to drive back the enemy was tribute to their sted-fastness and valor as well as to their training. They hadrefused to be beaten back and had robbed the Germans of agood deal of initial success. The extreme points reached bythe Germans south of the river were St. Agnan and LaChapelle-Monthodon on the road which runs on to Conde.The Kaiser himself had come up to witness a victory in this
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© COMMITTEE UN e-UoLlC INFORMATION. AMERICAN SOLDIERS RESTING AFTER BEING RELIEVED battle. Writing from the battlefield northeast of Reims onJuly 17, Karl Rosner reported: The Kaiser, who desired to participate in the battle from its verybeginning, in the midst of his fighting troops, went on the night ofJuly 14 to the region of the impending fighting and spent the nightin an advanced observation-post. There he listened to the terriblemusic of our surprize fire-attack and watched tne unparalleled pic-ture of projectiles raging over the enemy positions. A few minutesafter our bombardment, which burst forth at 4.50 a.m., he had inhis hands the first reports of the good progTess made. From then 227 ON THE WESTERN FRONT on till nig-litfall, denying: himself even a moments rest, he remainedwith his troops, and a.uain all day to-day he stopt on the battlefield,faeino- the contested around. Chateau-Thierry promised forever to hold a place in Amer-ican history, marking as it did a region whe

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