Word: backed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...will also apply to Seniors in the Naval Reserve now at the University, who may be called back into active service after earning their degree, or who pass examinations for commissions...
...three occasions in particular has he achieved decisive success. The first was the Battle of la Fere Champenoise, in the centre of front on the Marne, where against overwhelming odds he rearranged his front, cutting into the flank of his opponents and provoking the general retreat that carried back the Germans to the line of the Aisne; the second occurred at the first battle of Ypres, where he coordinated the movements of several French and British armies, and held back the enemy on the Flanders front; the third occasion was the battle of the Somme. But not alone his record...
...Lord '06, the University War Lecturer last evening, introduced his description of the Russia of today by a brief history of the events that have led to the present upheaval. The beginning of the trouble, he stated, dates back to 1861, when the freeing of the serfs opened a path for them into politics. Then the events of the early '90s gave Russia a large and important mass of middle-classmen who were anxious for political power. A gospel of discontent and protest was preached unceasingly and the tendency of Russia was to stretch everything beyond the proper limits...
...attempting to be a military critic of Russian affairs comes from the fact that when the report reaches us that Kerensky is marching upon Petrograd with 200,000 men we never are quite certain whether the army is being run by Kerensky or whether they are leading him back to jail. The Russian soldier is so wonderfully obedient that any one can march him off to battle; moreover it is much more amusing to shoot at Battalions of Death than at Germans, because the latter always shoot back whereas the young ladies refrain from such rudeness...
...meanwhile the Germans patiently shine up their Mausers and wait for the Russians to come back in the trenches so that they can continue...