Word: mannheim
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Cologne and left it unscathed, in spite of the fact that it is the most logical place in the German empire for reprisals for the wanton attacks on London and Paris. Of all the large German cities Cologne is nearest to the British hangars; it is much nearer than Mannheim, which has repeatedly received the favors of the Allied aerial visitors; and it is the capital of Rhenish, Prussia. It is possible that Cologne has been spared hitherto at the request of the French, out of consideration for the staunchly Catholic character of its citizens and a sort of traditional...