Word: trenches
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Department, including such books as the "Engineers' Field Manual," "Rules of Land Warfare," and "Landscape Sketching." A number of detailed maps of the western front are now on exhibition. There are also plans of the latest bombs and hand grenades and a collection of photographs illustrating trench life and warfare. F. W. C. Hersey '99, of the Department of English, is in charge of the library...
...account of the sloping nature of the terrain any immediate work on the front line has been rendered inadvisable by the water collected in that trench. In the redoubt, second line, support trench and boyaux, however, the ground is reasonably dry, and the damage should be repaired in an afternoon...
...Azan, "The War of Positions." Part III, Ch. 2 and 3. Capt. Andre Laffargue, "Attack in Trench Warfare" (Translated from the French, 1917). Pond and McDonough, "Technique of Modern Tactics," Ch. XI. Capt. Solano, "Drill and Field Training...
...beginning with the eternal triangle and ending with mutual forgiveness by husband and wife; but it is obvious that the love interest was created only to hitch the acts together. In no other way might the scene painter introduce his sets for a Manhattan drawing room, a first-line trench and a battered village of France. Besides, the plot matters little...
...greatest thriller of the season is a brief scene in the front-line trench when companies of American and British soldiers climb over the top and fall in behind a wicked-looking tank that sweeps out across No Man's Land. It looks, sounds and smells like the real thing, and, as they say of circus features, is alone worth the price of admission...