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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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ember, 1914. Some forty poilu engineers who crossed theIMeuse on an improvised bridge built of fishing skiffs, andso entered St. IMihiel, were the first French soldiers whosefeet had trod the streets of the town for four years. About2,400 old men, women, and children fell on their knees andkissed one by one the faces, hands and feet of their de-liverers, having with them a French flag that had beenburied four years before. St. Mihiel was only partly damaged. The French had 376 FOCHS GREAT VICTORIES always refrained from firing on it because they knewcivilians were there. The part adjoining the river wasalmost entirely gone, but scores of houses elsewhere werelittle hurt. The attack had been such a surprize that theGermans were unable to undertake their usual work ofwreckage, but they laid hands on everything they couldcarry off. Sheets and blankets were torn from beds andloaded on wagons. Fire was set to a few houses, but the in-mates invariably extinguished the flames. Houses on both
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U. S. OFFICIAL PHOTO. BURIAL OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN FRANCE banks of the river were looted. Within the salient therewas considerable wealth before the war and many handsomehomes from which the Germans had taken paintings andfurniture with which to adorn their own residemces. Evenfarming implements and household utensils—in fact, every-thing of value—^was gone. Such Germans as escaped capture in this operation werein small units, rarely larger than companies, who neveroffered to fight unless encountered by some patrol, and eventhen their resistance was slight. The very spirit of retreat V. V.—25 377 ON THE WESTERN FRONT had entered them. There were scores of instances wheremen, and even officers, profest satisfaction at their capture.When the operation began there were from 90,000 to 100,000Germans inside the salient. They escaped at one time at therate of about 1,000 every hour, but the pincers closed andtrapt many. Among the Allied nations, deep interest wastaken in the America

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