The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war (1919) (14778726631)

Identifier: peopleswarbookhi00mill (find matches)
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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Lens After Four Years of Fighting. HISTORY OF THE WAR 205
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A German Trap for British Tanks. 206 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK on a vast scale as well as extensive farmingand wine growing regions. The most important cities are Cologiie,Coblenz, Bonn, and Aix-la-Chapelle. It isthe most westerly province of Prussia, bywhich it was acquired in 1815. Next in size is Alsace-Lorraine. Tornfrom France after the Franco-Prussianwar, its restoration to tho mother countryhas been one of the cl .: points upon whichthe allies have insisted in outlming theirterms. Its area is 5,600 square miles, andits population about 1,875,000. The principal towns are Metz, Strass-burg, Muehlhausen, and Kolmar. It con-■tains the great iron ore district of Briey,one of the principal sources of Germansupply, and the extensive Saar coal fields.Its textile industries are among the mostimportant in Germany. The Palatinate is 2,372 sqtiai-e miles inextent, and has about 050.000 inhalntants.It is chiefly a farming and wine growingcountry, although there are some largemanufacturing indu