Word: retreated
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...found by a colonel of a regiment of Zouaves. The colonel took the lad and kept him with the regiment. He was what we should call a mascot for them. The lad lived with them for three months in the trenches. At the time of the Italian retreat these Zouaves were ordered to Italy. The colonel took the boy back of the lines and left him with some sisters. These good women provided for the orphan for two months, and, being out of funds, they placed him in a school...
...Whenever the National Anthem is played at any place when persons belonging to the military service are present, all officers and enlisted men, not in formation, shall stand at attention facing toward the music (except at retreat, when they shall face toward the flag). If in uniform covered, they shall salute at the first note of the Anthem, retaining the position of salute until the last note of the Anthem. If not in uniform and covered, they shall uncover...
...picture is being shown in order that the public may be aroused to the seriousness of the German menace. It contains views of the street fighting in the recent revolution in Petrograd, the great Russian retreat on the Eastern front, and the formation of the famous Women's Battalion of Death. The results of German intrigue are shown throughout the film...
...become the greatest among the Supermen is to win a bigger victory than any other general. Von Buelow now leads the competition, thanks to the Italian retreat, and Von Hindenberg has to act quickly or go the way of Von Kluck and the other old-timers. When a German general is worried as to the next move he either writes a proclamation thanking God and the soldiers for help received and promising more victories with no casualty lists, or he mentions the idea of moving right on to Paris. The latter method is apparently more fashionable this year...
...troops. On 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...