forces of Verdun began in February, 1917, and continued throughout the
following months. Taken as a whole, it was the most dramatic effort in
all its phases which took place between the German and French forces.
The French showed during these terrible months, the spirit of devotion
and sacrifice which was never excelled during the war.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Page 5, "Liege" changed to "Liege" (The Defense of Liege)
Page 11, "again" changed to "against" (against the anarchist)
Page 24, "Petersberg" changed to "Petersburg" (and St. Petersburg
Cabinets)
Page 28, "thave" changed to "have" (must have rejoiced)
Page 35, "neighbor" changed to "neighbour" to match rest of text (her
western neighbour)
Page 41, "Liege" changed to "Liege" (strong fortress of Liege)
Page 41, "LIEGE" changed to "LIEGE"
Page 57, Sidenote: "centimeter" changed to "centimetre" to match text
(Forty-two centimetre)
Page 74, Sidenote: "Compiegne" changed to "Compiegne" (towards
Compiegne-Soissons)
Page 77, "Ferte" changed to "Ferte" (Changis, La Ferte, Nogent)
Page 83, "betweeen" changed to "between" (right between the Vosges)
Page 85, "Liege" changed to "Liege" (weeks at Liege Namur)
Page 92, "Chateau" changed to "Chateau" (Marne below Chateau-Thierry)
Page 92, Sidenote: "center" changed to "centre" to match text (on the
French centre)
Page 92, "Chateau" changed to "Chateau"
(Humbauville-Chateau-Beauchamp-Bignicourt)
Page 93, "Fere" changed to "Fere" (east of Fere-Champenoise)
Page 93, Sidenote: "man[oe]uvers" changed to "man[oe]uvres" to match
text (Foch out-man[oe]uvres Germans)
Page 93, "center" changed to "centre" to match text (Centre armies
established)
Page 110, "statute" changed to "statue" (in front of the statue)
Page 119, Sidenote: "sand-dunes" changed to "sand dunes" (Battle of the
sand dunes)
Page 124, "is" changed to "are" (Allies are explained)
Page 136, word "her" inserted into text (to her knees)
Page 137, "strongely" changed to "strongly" (not be so strongly)
Page 169, "most" changed to "must" (crew must have beheld)
Page 171, double word "the" deleted. Original text read: "overtaken the
the transports".
Page 191, "ships" changed to "ship" (sails of the first ship)
Page 195, "intrument" changed to "instrument" (no probing instrument)
Page 221, "hocky" changed to "hockey" (and hockey teams)
Page 233, Sidenote: "Aeroplanes" changed to "Aeroplanes" (Aeroplanes
attacked by artillery)
Page 236, "oof" changed to "of" (mere taking of the)
Page 251, "blow" changed to "blown" (been blown up)
Page 276, "asphxiating" changed to "asphyxiating" (No asphyxiating gases)
Page 280, "advoided" changed to "avoided" (always be avoided)
Page 288, "ships's" changed to "ship's" (ship's crew were confident)
Page 288, "volminous" changed to "voluminous" (voluminous to analyze)
Page 302, "that" changed to "than" (conclusion than in)
Page 307, "submarines" changed to "submarine" (submarine warfare in)
Page 314, word "a" inserted into text (vantage-point on a crag)
Page 310, "N." changed to "No." (Book No. 2, U. S.)
Page 333, "to" changed to "of" (advantage of this)
Page 336, "These" changed to "Those" (Those Germans who)
Page 338, "Trapeze" changed to "Trapeze" (of the Trapeze which)
Page 339, word "the" inserted into text (from the summit)
Page 343, "arrival" changed to "arrived" (224 arrived safe)
Page 356, Sidenote: "executive" changed to "execution" (delay of
execution)
Page 359, Sidenote: "De-" changed to "Der" (Der Lancken believes)
Page 367, word "had" inserted into text (and they had been)
Both "Ypres-Poelcapelle" and "Ypres-Poelcappelle" appear in the text.
Both spellings were retained.
Manoeuvre, man[oe]uvre and maneuvre were used and retained.
Both Ripon and Ripont appear in this text. Ripont seems more accurate.