 ... the machine-gun — was used to the full, and where the reward of the victor was a slice of ground no larger than a moderate farm. And yet the moral prevails over the material, and the fact that a Prussian line, built up with four months of labour,...  A History of the Great War - Page 27by Arthur Conan Doyle - 1917Full view - About this book
 | Herbert Greenhough Smith - England - 1916 - 874 pages
...with four months of labour, could be rushed in a couplt of hours, and that by no exertion could p. German set foot upon it again, was a hopeful first lesson in the spring campaign. On March I2th an attack was made upon the enemy's trenches south-west of the village ot \\ytschaete — the... | |
 | Arthur Conan Doyle - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 286 pages
...over the material, and the fact that a Prussian line, built up with four months of labour, could be rushed in a couple of hours, and that by no exertion...campaign. On March 12 an attack was made upon the enemy's CHAPTER trenches south-west of the village of Wytschaete— 1L the region where, on November 1, the... | |
 | World War, 1914-1918 - 1921 - 566 pages
...over the material, and the fact that a Prussian line, built up with four months of labour, could be rushed in a couple of hours, and that by no exertion...a hopeful first lesson in the Spring Campaign." On the morning of March I3th all hope March from of the Cavalry being able to break Bac. St. Maur through... | |
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