Story of the World War, for Young PeopleHale Book Company, 1917 - 128 من الصفحات |
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... forts of Bel- gium from her path and move along without delay , but there were some surprises in store for her . In fact , Germany expected to make the war a short conflict . She would strike France as she had in 1870 , so suddenly as ...
... forts of Bel- gium from her path and move along without delay , but there were some surprises in store for her . In fact , Germany expected to make the war a short conflict . She would strike France as she had in 1870 , so suddenly as ...
الصفحة 33
... forts of steel and concrete built , as it was thought , strong enough to defy capture . Military men in each country worked at secret plans and weapons with which to surprise their enemies when the storm broke . Military spies were sent ...
... forts of steel and concrete built , as it was thought , strong enough to defy capture . Military men in each country worked at secret plans and weapons with which to surprise their enemies when the storm broke . Military spies were sent ...
الصفحة 36
... fort and that infantry attacks were no longer necessary . But armored concrete forts were later introduced . This changed the tactics which were for so long believed to be effective . It was argued that although the guns of a fort might ...
... fort and that infantry attacks were no longer necessary . But armored concrete forts were later introduced . This changed the tactics which were for so long believed to be effective . It was argued that although the guns of a fort might ...
الصفحة 37
... forts which they were planning to reduce . There were in the forts many 6 - inch and 9 - inch guns which could not shoot nearly as far as the bigger German guns . The Germans thought all they would have to do was to batter the enemy's forts ...
... forts which they were planning to reduce . There were in the forts many 6 - inch and 9 - inch guns which could not shoot nearly as far as the bigger German guns . The Germans thought all they would have to do was to batter the enemy's forts ...
الصفحة 39
... forts . The Bel- gians had two regiments occupying positions assist- ing the forts . They defended Liege with magnifi- cent courage . For three days the German army tried to storm the forts , but in vain . They attacked in solid ranks ...
... forts . The Bel- gians had two regiments occupying positions assist- ing the forts . They defended Liege with magnifi- cent courage . For three days the German army tried to storm the forts , but in vain . They attacked in solid ranks ...
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الصفحة 127 - We are now about to accept guage of battle with this natural foe to liberty and shall, if necessary, spend the whole force of the Nation to check and nullify its pretensions and its power.
الصفحة 125 - We are at the beginning of an age in which it will be insisted that the same standards of conduct and of responsibility for wrong done shall be observed among nations and their governments that are observed among the individual citizens of civilized states.
الصفحة 123 - Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the Nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.
الصفحة 124 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making; we will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated.
الصفحة 124 - I hope, so far as they can equitably be sustained by the present generation, by well-conceived taxation. I say sustained so far as may be equitable by taxation because it seems to me that it would be most unwise to base the credits which will now be necessary entirely on money borrowed. It is our duty, I most respectfully urge, to protect our people so far as we may, against the very serious hardships and evils which would be likely to arise out of the inflation which would be produced by vast loans.
الصفحة 127 - Just because we fight without rancor and without selfish object, seeking nothing for ourselves but what we shall wish to share with all free peoples, we shall, I feel confident, conduct our operations as belligerents without passion and ourselves observe with proud punctilio the principles of right and of fair play we profess to be fighting for.
الصفحة 123 - The present German submarine warfare against commerce is a warfare against mankind. It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind.
الصفحة 122 - Vessels of every kind, whatever their flag, their character, their cargo, their destination, their errand, have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning and without thought of help or mercy for those on board, the vessels of friendly neutrals along with those of belligerents. Even hospital ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely bereaved and stricken people of Belgium...
الصفحة 122 - GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS, — I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making.
الصفحة 126 - The autocracy that crowned the summit of her political structure, long as it had stood and terrible as was the reality of its power, was not in fact Russian in origin, character, or purpose...