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; . rce on everypoint of our line, making a zone of death aroundall our centres of resistance. When the destructionseemed complete, part of the infantry was sent held firm. The morning of the 22d was cold andsnowy, and about half-past seven the Germansbegan to warm us, in the western part of thesector, by throwin
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; . rce on everypoint of our line, making a zone of death aroundall our centres of resistance. When the destructionseemed complete, part of the infantry was sent held firm. The morning of the 22d was cold andsnowy, and about half-past seven the Germansbegan to warm us, in the western part of thesector, by throwing jets of liquid fire into thewood of Consenvoye. Thanks to these flammcn-werfer they managed to get to the bottom ofa ravine; in Herbebois and the wood of Ville thehand-to-hand fighting was bloody and German artillery fire became still more vio-lent ; great gusts of flame swept over Anglemont,the Mormont farm, and La Wavrille. ... By theend of the day we had lost the wood of Ville, butwe still held most of Herbebois and La troops had no protection; main and com-munication trenches, shelters, centres of defense—all were battered to pieces; it was fighting inthe open. Night fell; in the cold and the snow,under the unceasing bombardment, our men hastily. DEMONSTRATION OF THE USE OF LIQUID FIRE forsvard to examine the effect of the firing. Eachreconnoitring group was made up of about fifteenmen; behind them came the grenadiers, and afterthem again the first great wave of infantry. Inthis instance they did not sufficiently take intoaccount the magnificent courage of our spite of the blasting fire they stuck to theirpositions, making the most of every little inequalityof the ground, and crouching low in the cratersmade by the great shells. As the Germans ad-vanced their ranks were mown down like grassby our mitrailleuses. Then the bombardment be-gan again. No sooner was one attack repulsed thananother came on, and at the end of the first day
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