The Story of the Great War: History of the European War from Official Sources, Volumen5Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Francis Trevelyan Miller P.F. Collier and son, 1916 |
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... bombardment was directed mainly at buildings suspected of being submarine work- shops , and the harbor defenses . Several vessels were sunk and much damage wrought , the German batteries at Heyst , Blanken- berghe , and Knocke coming in ...
... bombardment was directed mainly at buildings suspected of being submarine work- shops , and the harbor defenses . Several vessels were sunk and much damage wrought , the German batteries at Heyst , Blanken- berghe , and Knocke coming in ...
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... bombardment of open cities . But this was the first recorded step of Russia in that direction and foretold a war in which all quarter would dis- appear . Two years of fighting had cost both sides heavily upon the sea . Up to August 1 ...
... bombardment of open cities . But this was the first recorded step of Russia in that direction and foretold a war in which all quarter would dis- appear . Two years of fighting had cost both sides heavily upon the sea . Up to August 1 ...
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... bombardment at many points , especially at Mechkele , and just north of Vidzy . On the following day , April 2 , 1916 , fighting again took place in the Uxkull region . Mines were exploded near Novo Selki , south of Krevo , a town just ...
... bombardment at many points , especially at Mechkele , and just north of Vidzy . On the following day , April 2 , 1916 , fighting again took place in the Uxkull region . Mines were exploded near Novo Selki , south of Krevo , a town just ...
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... bombardment of the Uxkull region was again taken up on April 4 , 1916 , by the German artillery . South of Dvinsk , before the village of Malogolska , the German troops had to evacuate their first - line of trenches when the arising ...
... bombardment of the Uxkull region was again taken up on April 4 , 1916 , by the German artillery . South of Dvinsk , before the village of Malogolska , the German troops had to evacuate their first - line of trenches when the arising ...
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... bombardment became especially intense at the bridgehead at Uxkull and south of lake . The artillery attack against the former was maintained throughout the following two days . German scouting parties which crossed the river Shara ...
... bombardment became especially intense at the bridgehead at Uxkull and south of lake . The artillery attack against the former was maintained throughout the following two days . German scouting parties which crossed the river Shara ...
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Página 455 - But (it added) neutrals can not expect that Germany, forced to fight for her existence, shall, for the sake of neutral interest, restrict the use of an effective weapon if her enemy is permitted to continue to apply at will methods of warfare violating the rules of international law. Such a demand would be incompatible with the character of neutrality, and the German Government is convinced that the Government of the United States does not think of making such a demand, knowing that the Government...
Página 455 - In accordance with the general principles of visit and search and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and without the area declared as naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
Página 448 - Unless the Imperial Government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight-carrying vessels, the Government of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the German Empire altogether.
Página 37 - The contention advanced by the United States Government in paragraph 9 of their note, that the effect of this new procedure is to subject traders to risk of loss, delay, and expense so great and so burdensome as practically to destroy much of the export trade of the United States to neutral countries in Europe, is not borne out by the official statistics published in the United States — nor by the reports of the Department of Commerce.
Página 455 - Should the steps taken by the Government of the United States not attain the object it desires to have the laws of humanity followed by all belligerent nations, the German Government would then be facing a new situation, in which it must reserve itself complete liberty of decision.
Página 438 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That it is the sense of the Congress...
Página 458 - February 4, 1915, its submarine policy, now happily abandoned, the Government of the United States has been constantly guided and restrained by motives of friendship in its patient efforts to bring to an amicable settlement the critical questions arising from that policy. Accepting the Imperial Government's declaration of its abandonment of the policy which has so seriously menaced the good relations between the two countries...
Página 454 - The German Government, guided by this idea, notifies the Government of the United States that the German naval forces have received the following orders: In accordance with the general principles of visit and search...
Página 459 - Government that it cannot for a moment entertain, much less discuss, a suggestion that respect by German naval authorities for the rights of citizens of the United States upon the high seas should in any way or in the slightest degree be made contingent upon the conduct of any other Government affecting the rights of neutrals and noncombatants. Responsibility in such matters is single, not joint; absolute, not relative.
Página 39 - blockade," for, as above indicated, German ports are notoriously open to traffic with the ports of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. So strictly has this principle been enforced in the past that, in the Crimean War, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on appeal laid down that, if belligerents themselves trade with blockaded ports, they cannot be regarded as effectively blockaded.