Word: verdun
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wreck. Last May, the French were determined to avoid shelling the Turkish quarter so destructively, but they were compelled to it finally by the obstinate resistance of the Nationalists, who surrendered only when they had nothing left to eat. The Turks said that Aintab was their Verdun, and they were determined to defend it at all hazards...
...will probably not leave this country till about June 28, by which date the year's work in practically every college will be at an end. On arriving in France the Unit will start a three-months' program in that part of the devastated regions lying between Rheims and Verdun. The principal work of the Unit will be to make projects and drawings for the restoration of buildings, to help the surveyors in relocating property lines and laying out new villages, and to help in the rectification, alteration and improvement of town plans...
...arrival in France the Unit will be subdivided into a number of small groups, which will be allotted to different towns and departments along the Marno and Mouse. The smaller groups of six and seven each, will be living and working in the towns and villages between Rheims and Verdun, where the most interesting work is to be done. It is understood that two of the men who show the highest qualifications will work at Rheims under the direct supervision of the architect of Rheims Cathedral...
General Nivelle Verdun Hero...
General Nivelle, one of the foremost French leaders during the war, commanded the French Army which saved Verdun from the Germans. He is visiting America as the delegate from his government to the Pilgrim Tercentenary Celebration of the American Mayflower Council. During his two days in Boston his time is well taken up with speeches and dinners. Tonight, after his speech at the Union, he is to dine in town, and later address a meeting of the Federal Council of American Churches on "Christian Internationalism...