World's War Events

Nineteen dispatches from the war's last two years, told by the people who were there — a destroyer officer's diary, Pershing's own report, the raid on Zeebrugge, the fighting Czecho-Slovaks — ending with the Armistice terms and the treaties that redrew the map.

The Battle of Picardy

15 pages in this part of World's War Events.

The Battle of Picardy

J. B. W. GARDINER Possibly the decisive battle of the war.

The Battle of Picardy: Germany

A peace by compromise would be a German victory.

The Battle of Picardy: Allies

The Allies refuse a peace by compromise.

The Battle of Picardy: Austria

Austria might make a separate peace.

The Battle of Picardy: British

An attack against the French had certain advantages. The French army was unmistakably the weaker of the two. In the early days of the war…

The Battle of Picardy: France

But there was one great disadvantage in attacking France. The blow could not be delivered against the front from St. Mihiel to the Swiss…

The Battle of Picardy: French

If Germany had attacked this front, the British army, the stronger of her enemies, would soon have struck, and whether Germany so elected…

The Battle of Picardy: Amiens

High ground near Lens and Ypres to be retaken.

The Battle of Picardy: Somme-Aisne

With the crossing of the Somme and the Somme-Aisne Canal on the front between Peronne and Noyons, the battle was automatically divided into…

The Battle of Picardy: Moreuil

French check the Germans at Villers-Bretonneux. ing. The first of these to fall was Montdidier at the head waters of the Avre. This enabled…

The Battle of Picardy: Ancre

The British retire behind the Ancre.

The Battle of Picardy: Germans

To win peace the Germans must destroy an army.

The Battle of Picardy: German

Therefore, the German problem had of necessity to find its solution north of Montdidier--between that town and Albert. There is not much…

The Battle of Picardy: Somme

Necessary to advance north of the Somme.

The Battle of Picardy: Bucquoy

A stand at the edge of the Forest of Nieppe.

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