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Side 25
... successes gained were of the slightest and most local significance ; all the main roads to Amiens were held , and ... success of the German rush upon Amiens had depended mainly upon speed , and so soon as the pace began to slow down ...
... successes gained were of the slightest and most local significance ; all the main roads to Amiens were held , and ... success of the German rush upon Amiens had depended mainly upon speed , and so soon as the pace began to slow down ...
Side 26
... successful at the outset , and the British and Portuguese troops ( for the latter were holding a small part of this front ) ... success . On the southern wing a furious struggle took place for the passage of the river Lys , and the Germans ...
... successful at the outset , and the British and Portuguese troops ( for the latter were holding a small part of this front ) ... success . On the southern wing a furious struggle took place for the passage of the river Lys , and the Germans ...
Side 28
... success in the capture of the famous Mes- sines Ridge . The Germans pressed on rapidly in an attempt to take the ... successes in this battle of Armentières ; but in all cases the assaulting lines were driven back with ter- rible losses ...
... success in the capture of the famous Mes- sines Ridge . The Germans pressed on rapidly in an attempt to take the ... successes in this battle of Armentières ; but in all cases the assaulting lines were driven back with ter- rible losses ...
Side 30
... success on the right bank . The Germans claimed that they captured over 300 guns between Montdidier and Noyon ... successes were obtained at the beginning . The river was crossed at several points , notably at the south - east corner of ...
... success on the right bank . The Germans claimed that they captured over 300 guns between Montdidier and Noyon ... successes were obtained at the beginning . The river was crossed at several points , notably at the south - east corner of ...
Side 31
... successes were obtained . The river Marne itself was crossed at and above Fossoy . The Germans advanced about 3 miles south of the river , but met with a significantly steady resistance from the French troops , and also from the ...
... successes were obtained . The river Marne itself was crossed at and above Fossoy . The Germans advanced about 3 miles south of the river , but met with a significantly steady resistance from the French troops , and also from the ...
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Side 304 - The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development.
Side 307 - Germany has once more said that force, and force alone, shall decide whether justice and peace shall reign in the affairs of men, whether 'Right as America conceives it or Dominion as she conceives it shall determine the destinies of mankind. There is, therefore, but one response possible from us: Force. Force to the utmost. Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world, and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust.
Side 303 - Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.
Side 303 - The evacuation of all Russian territory, and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest co-operation of the other nations of the world in obtaining for her an unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent determination of her own political development and national policy, and assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choosing; and, more than a welcome, assistance also of every kind that...
Side 303 - Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants. III. The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
Side 303 - A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined.
Side 26 - 21 Macmillan t British Red cross soc. Reports by the joint war committee and the joint war finance committee of the British Red cross society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem...
Side 305 - The method the German Chancellor proposes is the method of the Congress of Vienna. We cannot and will not return to that. What is at stake now is the peace of the world. What we are striving for is a new international order based upon broad and universal principles of right and justice — no mere peace of shreds and patches.
Side 307 - President is hereby authorized to make such redistribution of functions among executive agencies as he may deem necessary, including any functions, duties, and powers hitherto by law conferred upon any executive department, commission, bureau, agency, office, or officer, in such manner as in his judgment shall seem best fitted to carry out the purposes of this Act...
Side 304 - All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should be righted, in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all.