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... died in 1934. Some 28,000.000 gas masks were issued to the British Army during World War No. 1. It is usually thought that poison gas was first used in the last Great War but such is not the case. Stink bombs, a form of gas, were used by the Chinese ...
... followed his example in 1808. Fifty million men were con- scripted for World War No. 1. Great Britain adopted the system 1916 and the United States in 1917 immediately on entry into the war On the Continent ordinary times, conscription is general except in ...
... General Smuts' Government, which at the outbreak of war was faced with tremendous obstacles in both political and military spheres, but which has been strengthened by each new development in the world war, has now reached new height of prestige, states Reuters ...
... Caporetto—the very mention of which makes every Italian who remembers World War No. 1 feel small he could walk under duck. Caporetto is village Venezia, Italy, and during the Great War it was the scene' of terrible defeat for the Italians—then our Allies- ...
... widely used by the British Cana dian, American and Chinese armies as a supplementary tank armament was invented during the World War one by an American officer, Capt. John Blish. The original included new self-oilino breq h to permit automatic firing great ...
... Wookey Hole Man Town Major of Italian City CQUADRON-LEADER in the R.A.F. who served in both the Boer War and the last World War has just been appointed town major of an Italian city in the province of Foggia. 'He is Squadron Leader Gerard Kodgkinson. ...
... highest rate since tire 'commencement of the first world war and a 100-per-cent. increase in the five years preceding the present war. Bristol's death-rate shewed rise in 1940-41 due to civilian- war S i.t ] ' * Other interesting facts disclosed by the ...
... MOUNTING U.S. OUTPUT Mr Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, declared in an address war veterans in New York that in spite of shortages of materials and related problems United States war production had a record to date as remarkable as anything ...
... U.S. DESTROYER SUNK Torpedoed in the Atlantic America's third world war destroyer to be lost since the outbreak cf war—the Jacob Jones (1.090 tens)—has teen torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic, says the United States Navy Department. The Jacob Jones was ...
... of this family to the World War are interesting. Duncan becomes a naval hero; the girl twin has many lessons to learn, and the end of the book has learnt a large number of them; her twin brother is an odious creature and shirks war work of any kind; the ...
... too few I afraid—send yotir gift 10. Broad Quay There can be few more suitable thank offerings for the end World War than to open a and bett?r world for others In this way. W. COTTPELL. Lord Mayor. Council House Bristol. ...
... woman pioneer. Mrs Henry Fawcett. The Woman's Social and Political Union was formed 1903. under MrsPankhurst. and during World War No. 1 women showed such ability and powers of citizenship thai Act granting them the vote was passed in Mr Llovc! Geo'-ge's ...