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VISCOUNT MILNER
CURRENT HISTORY - A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times
ROTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS
Battles in Picardy and Flanders - Military Review of All Fronts from April 17 to May 18, 1918.
The Greatest Battle of the War - Second Month of the Desperate Fighting in Flanders and Picardy - By Philip Gibbs
America's Sacrifice - By Harold Begbie
GENERAL STAFF OFFICERS WITH PERSHING
PROMINENT IN WAR ACTIVITIES
American Soldiers in Battle - How They Repelled an Attack at Seicheprey and Fought in Picardy
Overseas Forces More Than Half a Million - Preparing for an Army of 3,000,000
This issue captures a vivid snapshot of the world in spring 1918, when the Great War still dominates headlines. Rich rotogravure illustrations bring to life familiar faces—Viscount Milner, the new British War Secretary, General Sir W. R. Marshall, and other leaders. The pages also showcase striking images of tanks, ruined châteaux, and bustling wartime streets.
The articles detail a brief lull on the Western Front as German offensives falter and Allied lines hold firm. They track the massive arrival of American troops, the booming Liberty Loan, and political shifts such as the renewed German‑Austrian alliance. A picture emerges of coordinated forces from Britain, France, the United States and Italy, amounting to millions of men.
On the home front, the magazine reports the arrest of hundreds of Sinn Féin leaders in Ireland and daring British naval raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend that crippled German U‑boat activity. It also notes U.S. legislation expanding executive power and tightening sedition laws. Together the reports and images give listeners a clear, contemporary view of a world at war.
Full title
Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times
Language
en
Duration
~12 hours (708K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2012-11-25
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
This collection brings together writing from more than one contributor, so there isn’t a single author story to tell. The focus is on the range of voices in the work itself.
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