The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . U O. <^^ ifi ^^nl Oh •a CO •ail -4J Ol \- bo-;:;^^ a,.i: o m < m 130 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK. Soldiers charge German dummies for Red Crossbenefit at Fort Hamilton. Besides the event shownin this picture, there were artillery and machinegun drills by the soldiers. The The French took 20,000 prisoners. Germans were held solidly north of ^^erdun. The British completed their operationsof the year by a brilliant assault on Cara-brai, which they took. But they lost thefruits of victory within a few days whenthe Ge
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . U O. <^^ ifi ^^nl Oh •a CO •ail -4J Ol \- bo-;:;^^ a,.i: o m < m 130 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK. Soldiers charge German dummies for Red Crossbenefit at Fort Hamilton. Besides the event shownin this picture, there were artillery and machinegun drills by the soldiers. The The French took 20,000 prisoners. Germans were held solidly north of ^^erdun. The British completed their operationsof the year by a brilliant assault on Cara-brai, which they took. But they lost thefruits of victory within a few days whenthe Germans advanced and drove themout. The British had won the first battleby delivering- a surprise attack withoutthe customary artillery preparation. Afew days later the Germans rewon the po-sition by identically the same tactics. Thecontest over Cambrai raged for twentydays. The close of 1917 found the Allieswearied by the drives of the had lost heavily in men, though notso much so as the enemy. They hadscored an advance in Flanders and in theeastern sectors. They now menaced theGerman hold on Lens and the great coaland iron fields. They had for a year keptthe foe
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