The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . f a powerful battering-ram. Annois,Flavy-le-Martel, Jussy, Frieres-Faillouel and Ville-quier-Aumont no longer exist. Chauny, a manu-facturing town of nearly inhabitants, isnothing but a heap of ruins, save for the suburb also blew up the two sugar-refineries of and Bemot, the Sebastopol
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . f a powerful battering-ram. Annois,Flavy-le-Martel, Jussy, Frieres-Faillouel and Ville-quier-Aumont no longer exist. Chauny, a manu-facturing town of nearly inhabitants, isnothing but a heap of ruins, save for the suburb also blew up the two sugar-refineries of and Bemot, the Sebastopol distillery, oil refinery and M. Serres brewery. Theyacted in the same manner in many other places,notably at Flavy-le-Martel and at Ourscamp, whichare models of devastation. Nearly everywhere thefruit trees in the open country and in gardenshave been cut down. (d) Scuttling the German fleet at Scapa Flow.—On June 21, iqiq, the German navy which wasinterned at Scapa Flow, was sunk by the men onboard, acting under orders of Admiral von had accepted an invitation from Vice AdmiralSir Sidney Fremantle to proceed to sea with theBritish Fleet on Saturday morning, (June 21) butat the last moment resolved to remain at Scapaand carry on with my task of making drawings of. RUINS OF YPRES IN 1917Showing effect of systematic German bombardment. German prisoners in the foreground. of Le Brouage. After the expulsion of the able-bodied inhabitants, the rest of the population, con-sisting of 1,900 persons, were herded into thissuburb together with about 3,000 men and womenfrom the thirteen communes of the district, onFebruary 23, 1917. ... As soon as the citizens ofChauny were interned at Le Brouage, the Germansgave themselves up to unbridled pillage in thetown. . Nothing is left of the Church of but some portions of the wall. . Evenin the towns and villages they have not completelyrazed to the ground, the Germans made franticefforts to destroy the factories and ru
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