Word: trenches
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...originators of them. Tuesday afternoon is a date that ought to be saved by every member of the R. O. T. C. At that time, in Tremont Temple, Captain Beith will speak on "Modern Battlefield Tactics." Since the achievements of Captain Beith and his first-hand knowledge of trench customs are well known by Harvard men, there should be a general eagerness to hear his lecture. Seldom is it our privilege to have the intricacies of present day tactics explained to us "by one who knows...
...will be shown. "War As It Really Is" will be another of the films to be shown. This picture was photographed by D. C. Thompson, war correspondent of Leslie's Weekly, while he was under fire. It is recommended by the United States Naval War College, and reveals actual trench fighting, and the Germans marching through Belgium...
...entitled, "America Preparing." "War As it Really Is" will be another of the pictures to be shown. This film was photographed by D. C. Thompson, war correspondent of Leslie's Weekly, while he was under fire. If is recommended by the United States Naval War College and reveals actual trench fighting, the relief work of the Ambulance Corps,and the Germans marching through Belgium...
...these hours of suspense a great, tragic conflict shakes the hearts of millions of American citizens of German birth or descent. For nearly three years our brothers on the other side of the Atlantic have held at bay a world of enemies. The terrible hardships of trench warfare, aided by enemy bullets and shrapnel, thinned their ranks--spread over a front of thousands of miles. England's starvation blockade, which the American Government itself admitted to be "illegal and indefensible," finds its daily victims among the children and the aged behind the fronts. The few letters that reach...
Captain Beith gave a spirited and Interesting talk on "The Human Side of Trench Warfare" in Sanders Theatre on December 11. He has also become widely known to members of the University through his position as official lecturer of the British government at the Allied Bazaar. During his stay in this country he has spoken at many universities and colleges and several preparatory schools, both Yale and Princeton having received a visit from him during his present tour. While in Boston Captain Beith assisted Captain Norman Charles Thwaites, V. C., in the arrangement and supervision of the British military exhibits...