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Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 3
Albert Bushnell Hart (1854–1943), 1920
Named on the page for Battle of Belleau Wood.
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1–26 June 1918
Battle of Belleau Wood
THE STRUGGLE FOR FORT VAUX
Attention was next directed towards Vaux, with its fort of the same name.
THE STRUGGLE FOR FORT VAUX
Attacks intended to capture Vaux were launched March 8th, ioth and 16th, all of which were unsuccessful. In the first, the Teutons gained the village, only to be ex-
THE STRUGGLE FOR FORT VAUX
The Germans continued their offensive with irrepressible energy. While their exhausted and cut-to-pieces troops were resting in the Douaumont and Vaux sectors, a new attack by twelve divisions was launched against Pep-
THE LAST GERMAN EFFORTS
After the capture of Vaux the Germans, utterly exhausted, settled down for a rest. They did not attack again until June 19th, when they advanced in enormous masses against the lines on the east bank around the defensive work of Thiaumont and the village of Fleury. The attacks increased in fury until the 23d.
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