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It will be recalled that on April 9, 1916, the crown prince had launched a general attack on the whole front between Avocourt and the Meuse, the capture of Hill 304 being one of his chief objectives. The onslaught, carried out on a huge scale, was a failure, and another attempt made on the 28th also collapsed.
For the guns yonder, those guns on Mort Homme and 304, command the Côte de Talou and the Côte du Poivre far better than could our rifles; so our commanders, who no doubt want men in other places; are thinning out our lines and are sending us to reinforce another portion of the salient."
Beyond the hills in the centre of the picture, but hidden by them, were Le Mort Homme and Hill 304. Verdun is like a lump of sugar in a finger bowl, and I was standing on the rim. It seemed utterly impossible that any one should even think of this town as a fortress or count its ashes as of meaning in the conflict.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury shows that the total receipts of the Government from all sources for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, were $458,544,233.03, while the expenditures for the same period were $421,304,470.46, leaving a surplus of $37,239,762.57.
Two years later, the same stockholders increased their capital to $225,000; added a third story to the mill, increased its length to 317 feet; added machinery to increase the capacity to 10,300 spindles and 304 looms. The company now employ 250 operatives, many of whom are citizens of Natchez.
May such sentiments spread, and soon cover the earth! George Fox's Journal, folio, p. 144. See Burrough's Works, p. 304. I think it meet also, to stir up thy heart by way of remembrance, touching those things that are the hindrances of thy believing the things that are necessary to the welfare of thine immortal soul.
When Porphyry died in 304, he left a successor indeed; but now one that did not concern himself with Rome.
Works of John Adams, vol. viii. p. 333. Works of John Adams, vol. viii. p. 291. My italics. Chalmers, Opinions, p. 65. Reeves, pp. 47, 57. Works of John Adams, vol. viii. p. 281. American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. i. p. 307. American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. i. p. 304. American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. i. p. 409. The italics are Morris's.
They succeeded in capturing Avocourt Wood, but in the advance on Hill 304 they were caught between two converging fires and suffered the most appalling losses. According to the figures given by a neutral military critic, Colonel Feyler, between March 20 and 22, 1916, the three regiments of this division lost between 50 and 60 per cent of their number.
One evidence of this has been that mud cabins, which in 1841 had numbered 491,000 had in 1901 been reduced to 9,000; whilst the best class of houses increased from 304,000 to 596,000.
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