Word: ostend
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...English have conclusively solved the problem of how to win in trench warfare. The lack of emphasis in the papers only shows that such a drive is more and more a matter of course. Furthermore, unlike other offensives, this is prominent for the ground gained. Communications with Zeebrugee and Ostend are seriously threatened. The fact that these submarine bases are endangered means that the British are gaining something more than mere proof of their superiority. All terrain captured heretofore has had comparatively local importance, but this new steady drive may surprise the most pessimistic of us as well...
...Ostend Manifesto, 1854, forms No. 2 of the American History Leaflets, edited by Professor A. B. Hart and Dr. Channing...
...Ostend Manifesto...