Identifier: peopleswarbookhi00mill (find matches)
Title: The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859 Canfield, Harry S. (from old catalog), joint author Plewman, William Rothwell, 1880- (from old catalog) Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929 Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Cleveland, O., The R.C. Barnum co. Detroit, Mich., The F.B. Dickerson co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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American Artillerymen on the Marne Front. missioned officers. When relief came,near midnight, the survivors buried theirfallen comrades on the spot, Lieut. Nivenrepeating as much as he remembered ofthe burial service. In doing so he held inhis hands the battle-worn colors of Prin-cess Patricia of Connaught, the only regi-mental colors carried into action liy Brit-ish forces during the war. In those days the allied armies were suf-fering terribly from a shortage of men andwar material. The shortage of men is il-lustrated by the fact that three days afterthe 150 survivors of the Princess Patriciashad been withdrawn they were ashed ifthey would go back to help their old com-rades of the Fourth Rifle Brigade. Theyresponded by forming a composite bat-talion made up of their own men and somemen of the Fourth Kings Royal RifleCorps. After a brief stay in the trenchesthey were relieved and put under the com-mand of Major Pelly,.who had been con-valescing in England. In November the regiment j

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