Word: franco-british
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Dates: during 1916-1916
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...Capture of Combles Ends Brilliant Campaign," was the headline The Charleston News and Courier placed over its account of that Franco-British victory. The phraseology gives one a start, but it is quite correct; this war has altered the meaning of words old as the language. It was a campaign for the possession of Combles; and this campaign was an incident of what? The battle of the Somme. What was a battle before this extraordinary war began? An incident in a campaign. What is a campaign now? An incident of a battle...