The Story of the Great War, Volume 5

The Story of the Great War, Volume 5 - Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War

Pages 178/179: Words are missing between "cross-" and "of" in the sentence: Ten miles west of Kolki the Russians succeeded in cross- of Gruziatin, two miles north of Godomitchy, the small German garrison of which, consisting of some five hundred officers and men, fell into Russian captivity. BATTLE OF JUTLAND BANK RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE KUT-EL-AMARA EAST AFRICA VERDUN THE GREAT SOMME DRIVE UNITED STATES AND BELLIGERENTS SUMMARY OF TWO YEARS' WAR Public absorption in German propaganda was abating when attention became directed to it again from another quarter. An American war correspondent, James F. J. Archibald, a passenger on the liner Rotterdam from New York, who was suspected by the British authorities of being a bearer of dispatches from the German and Austrian Ambassadors at Washington, to their respective Governments, was detained and searched on the steamer's arrival at Falmouth on August 30, 1915. A number of confidential documents found among his belongings were seized and confiscated, the British officials justifying their action as coming within their rights under English municipal law. The character of the papers confirmed the British suspicions that Archibald was misusing his American passport by acting as a secret courier for countries at war with which the United States was at peace. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 29341
Author: Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
Release Date: Jul 7, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Editor: Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon), 1873- , Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1867-1937