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Page 237
From time to time a limited portion of the front was selected for attack , and subjected to violent bombardment , prolonged for a day or more . When the guns were thought to have done their work , a tentative attack was made by a small ...
From time to time a limited portion of the front was selected for attack , and subjected to violent bombardment , prolonged for a day or more . When the guns were thought to have done their work , a tentative attack was made by a small ...
Page 568
Throughout the five days and nights immediately preceding the first attack , a violent bombardment was maintained along ... the French used their guns freely at Verdun and made successful counter - attacks on both banks of the Meuse .
Throughout the five days and nights immediately preceding the first attack , a violent bombardment was maintained along ... the French used their guns freely at Verdun and made successful counter - attacks on both banks of the Meuse .
Page 573
... by wireless telegraph , information concerning the progress of the attack , the positions of hostile reserves and ... with little interruption , to maintain a screen of shells in front of the attacking infantry , or to direct its ...
... by wireless telegraph , information concerning the progress of the attack , the positions of hostile reserves and ... with little interruption , to maintain a screen of shells in front of the attacking infantry , or to direct its ...
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