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They have studied the I.D.R. until they know the school of the regiment backwards, they can mount and relieve the guard, and single-handed, can pursue the husky Hun back to the gates of Berlin--on paper; all this without a waver or differing in one detail from established precedent...
...should, his platoon will be a machine that can overcome the disciplined hosts of the Kaiser. But if he lacks that absolute knowledge he will lack self-confidence and character, and his men, reflecting the spirit of their leader, will be a futile tool against the disciplined Hun...
...loss of the Passchendaele Ridge before the city and the Wytschaete Ridge with Kemmel Hill on its south flank, the English battalions have matched German blow with British blow, German gain with British gain in the immediate environs of the city, and seem able to keep the Hun indefinitely from the Belgian city hallowed by so much British blood until the higher command shall order their advance or withdrawal...
...work has been very interesting, studying the operation and construction of light railways and trench tramways and getting up reports on them. The job offers plenty of opportunity to hear the shells fly, but little chance to kill the Hun. It isn't very pleasant at times to have him just about hitting you without getting a chance to hit back...
...points at issue. To the specific demands of the President, Von Hertling gives evasive, vague and conditional answers. Instead of consenting directly, for instance, to "impartial adjustment of all colonial claims based upon the principle that the peoples' concerns have equal weight with the interest of the Government," the Hun declares that difficulties will be encountered. In like fashion the proposals in regard to Russia are met by the reply that this concerns only Russia and the Central Powers. So it is with every particular point demanded by the Allies. In the case of Alsace alone has the chancellor been...