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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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death, or imprisonment for at leastfive years and a fine of at least $10,000. Trench Mortar—This is a short gun with a ver-tical fire used to discharge bombs into an enemyintrenchment. The Germans were v/ell suppliedwith this weapon of offense at the outbreak ofthe war and the Allies were hard pressed fortrench artillery. The German trench mortar dis-charges with a dull boom, a sausage shaped pro-jectile moving so slowly at first that the body of men whom it is designed to strike can often es-cape its force. Trench Warfare—Digging trenches and throw-ing up breastworks for protection against theenemys fire is not a new thing in warfare. Acomplicated network of trenches protected the menon both sides during the late war. Triple Alliance—The full and exact text of theTreaties still remains secret but an agreementwas made by Germany, Austria and Italy fortheir mutual defense. Triple Entente—This is a name given to thediplomatic union of England. France and Russia, WAR CYCLOPAEDIA
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436 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK formed to oppose the Triple Alliance of Germany.Austria and Italy. Ukrainia. or the Ukraine—Much of the soil isblack and is suited to wheat, hence the old nameBlack Russia. There are rich coal and irondeposits. The word Ukraine is Polish and meansFrontier. In 1672 the whole region of fertileplains was ceded to the Cossacks of Poland, andwas obtained by Russia in 1682. Poland kept allof the west side of the River Dneiper. By the Pol-ish partition of 1795 Russia got the rest of theUkraine. (See Ukrainian Peoples Republic.) Venice—This is the capital of the Italian prov-ince of Venice. The city was for many months achief object of Austrian offensive. It is situatedon 117 small islands in a shallow bay of the Adria-tic. It is at the northwestern corner of theAdriatic nearly opposite the Hungarian Fort ofTrieste. Venice dates from the middle of theFifth Century. At the close of the middle agesit was one of the great maritime powers of theworld. Verdun—This wa

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