Best Stories of the 1914 European War
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Various. Best Stories of the 1914 European War
WHERE MIGHTY BATTLE ROARS
WOULD HAVE DIED TO A MAN
PARIS, GRAVE AND GAY
WHY RUSSIA NEEDED AUTOS
WHEN THE CRUISER AMPHION WENT DOWN
SHELLS BURST IN WHEAT FIELDS
RIDERLESS HORSES IN LOUVAIN
GERMANS SHOT NONCOMBATANTS
SIX SHEEP FOR BELGIAN QUEEN
THE MARCH ON TO BRUSSELS
ODDS TEN TO ONE NEAR AERSCHOT
BAYONET CHARGE UP ALSACE HILLS
POLICE DOGS USED ON AMERICANS
MORASSES HOLLAND’S FRIEND
ENGLISH GIRL WOULD BE AIR SCOUT
THE BUSY AEROPLANES
OSTEND IN PANIC AS FOE CAME
AUSTRIAN CRUISER SHOT TO PIECES
BLEW UP FORT AND DIED A HERO
BRITISH “TOMMIES” COOL IN BATTLE
5,000 GUESTS IN SMALL TOWN
CHARLEROI A CITY OF DEAD
HANSI REBUKES HIS CAPTOR
LIGHT BRIGADE OUTDONE
WOMAN GETS COUNT’S SWORD
“CRIME TO SPARE SPY’S LIFE”
CHANGE SCHMIDT TO SMITH
CAMP FOR GERMAN SUSPECTS
HEROISM OF PRINCE
“GOOD-BY, MR. FLYING MAN!”
WOMAN SAW ZEPPELIN WORK
SAW WOMEN SHOT
FOUGHT SINGING MARSEILLAISE
RODE INTO DEATH’S JAWS
TROOPER BROKE GIRL’S JAW
WOMAN’S GRIM RETORT
“I KNOW NOTHING, SIR!”
DRUNK WITH BATTLE JOY
MODERN BULLETS DRILL CLEAN
THIRTY LEFT OUT OF 2,000
OLD AND YOUNG ALIKE KILLED
LEFT TIP FOR POLICE
MINE KILLS WHOLE COMPANY
TITLED WOMEN PROUD OF SONS
“GERMANS A BRAVE LOT”
COMMANDER GOES MAD
SHOT 11 TIMES; STILL FIGHTING
HERE’S A KITCHENER STORY
THEY HELD UP THE KAISER
“SAY THAT I WAS UNCONSCIOUS!”
BAYONET CHARGES A RELIEF
“WOMAN” SPY FOOLED GIRL
A CITY OF DARKNESS
“I LOSE FEW BULLETS!”
AIRMAN’S THRILLING TRIP
THREW SHELLS OVERBOARD
DIED CHEERING EMPEROR
SAVED; THEN THROWN INTO THE SEA
“FRENCH ARE VERY KIND”
“I AM FIGHTING AGAINST MY SON!”
WHO WAS THE WOMAN?
“WE DON’T WANT YOUR KAISER!”
KING HONORS BOY SCOUT HERO
THOUGHT FOES WERE FRIENDS
GERMANS TRICKED TO DEATH
SIGNAL DREW FATAL VOLLEY
AMERICAN WOMEN’S ADVENTURE
BOMBARDMENT OF – KISSES!
GERMAN ARMY WONDERFUL
HE WASN’T HER HUSBAND
COOL NERVE OF BELGIANS
JOKE WHILE BULLETS FLY
“AIM AT BUTTON, HIT GERMAN”
WHAT HAPPENED? GOD KNOWS!
THOUGHT SCOTS AMAZONS
MOTHER’S TRIBUTE TO SON
SAYS PRINCE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE
“GET THE GUNS BACK!”
THE IRREPRESSIBLE CAMERA MAN
SAW FIFTY ZEPPELINS
JEWS BRAVE FIGHTERS
“KILL FOE OR WE WON’T MARRY!”
A CLOSE CALL
WAITING FOR THE GERMANS
STUCK TO THE BATTERY
HORSESHOER’S FEAT
“TOO COMMUNICATIVE”
BOMB HIS CALLING CARD
RETREAT OF DIPLOMATS
“GERMANS WENT MAD”
WOMEN NURSES IN BREECHES
AUTO ROUGH RIDERS
FIRST AID BY POLICE DOGS
FLEEING FROM PARIS
THEIR PICNIC SPOILED
PAINT HORSES GREEN
ENTERED GERMAN HARBOR
HE KNEW CONEY ISLAND
“MORE WAITING FOR YOU”
“YES, TAKE A PICTURE”
HER FEET HER PASSPORT
TRAWLERS WORTHY OF FLEET
“NOTHING SEEMS TO STOP THEM”
DIRGE A SIGNAL TO FIRE
HUMAN SIEVE
“PARLEZ VOUS FRANCAIS”
KAISER STILL BRITISH ADMIRAL
LIGHT BRIGADE OUTDONE
KAISER SEES BOMBARDMENT
TRAPS 28 GERMANS
ESCAPED WITH A LAUGH
“WEEL DONE, SANDY!”
LIFEBOATS A MINE TRAP
SHOOT POISONOUS GASES
CHILDREN WANTED TO FIGHT
“PRISONERS NOT WANTED”
4,000 AUSTRIANS FAST IN BOG
FRENCH CAVALRY’S FEAT
KILLED AS HIS MEN FLED
THINK OF KAISER AND GOD
PENANCE, NOT TENNIS
CROSS ON PRIEST AS TARGET
KAISER’S HEAD SAVED HIM
WHITLOCK SAVES TEN SCHOLARS FROM DEATH
SHOULD SHE HAVE LIED?
GERMAN CAVALRY AFOOT
AIRMEN DODGE BULLETS
GERMAN SPIES RECKLESS
LIKE A MELODRAMA
ALL FOLLOWED THE BOTTLE
“JACQUES DID HIS DUTY!”
“THE SCOUNDRELS!”
MOVIE THRILLER OUTDONE
DUG WAY TO SAFETY
BRITISH DRAGOON’S EXPLOIT
SAVED HIS COMMANDER
GETTING REAL CRUSTY
BATTLES QUITE THE THING
CHILD PLAYED AMID DEAD
POISONING WATER
TRIED TO ROW TO WAR
DECORATED ON BATTLEFIELD
HUSSAR LED 30 °CAPTIVE
WHAT’S WAR TO DICTIONARY?
HAYFORK PART OF DINNER SET
LAST DRINK KILLS HIM
SONS IN EACH ARMY
KAISER IN TEARS AS HE SIGNED WAR ORDER
KAISER’S OWN MOVIES
ONE FRENCHMAN DRIVES OFF FIFTEEN
SANG FOR THEIR DINNER
GERMAN AIRMEN’S DARING
PRINCE JOACHIM’S BRAVERY
CAUSE OF AERSCHOT TRAGEDY
U.S. TARS SING BRITONS’ HYMN
WHOLE FAMILIES WIPED OUT
“YOU FIGHT DISHONORABLY, SIR!”
Отрывок из книги
A correspondent of the Dernière Heure sent back to Brussels from the front writes of the fighting he saw as follows:
“The fighting started at Geetbetz at dawn. At 3.30 A. M. a German aeroplane flew low over our front. Several volleys were fired and the aeroplane fell within the German lines. After several feints the attack developed about 6 o’clock. Strong forces of German cavalry and infantry, supported by artillery, including machine guns, poured down on the village and a furious battle was soon raging all along the seven-mile front.
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“Have you good news of your sons? My Jean is safe.”
“Yes,” the first mother replied, “they are all safe. They are safe in the arms of the Father. I am proud to give all to the cause.”
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