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Updated: June 16, 2025
Thus from the western coast almost to Verdun there was a general Franco-British retreat.
The reign closed amid turbulence and humiliations massacre and bombardment at Jidda, massacre and Franco-British coercion in Syria from all of which the sultan took refuge with women and wine, to meet in 1861 a drunkard's end.
It may appear strange to find such bitter foes become friends; nevertheless, Franco-British policy had achieved even this seeming miracle. In one of several statements given to the British press, Lawrence said: "The Arabs rebelled against the Turks during the war, not because the Turkish Government was notably bad, but because they wanted independence.
The pressure from the east and west forced the Germans to withdraw large bodies of troops from the Verdun sector and send them to the relief of their brothers on other fronts. In the closing days of July, 1916, the Franco-British "push" became the principal German preoccupation.
The sea-serpent may still be seen at Heybridge, on the Norman church-door, one of the best of its kind, and exhibiting almost all its original ironwork, including the chimerical decorative clamp. The ancient house exhibited at the Franco-British Exhibition at Shepherd's Bush was a typical example of an Elizabethan dwelling.
It was obvious to the Germans that retreat from the perilous salient must proceed at once, especially as Franco-British counter-attacks on the eastern side threatened to close it at the neck and cut the main line of German withdrawal. The retreat was executed with great skill and valor.
He concluded that the cannon were needed at some weak point where the Franco-British army was pressing hard. Then a company of hussars came from the forest and rode quietly into the grounds, where they dismounted. John saw that many, obviously the wounded, were helped from their horses. In battle, he concluded, and not so far off. Perhaps not more than two or three miles.
The Franco-British offensive began on July 1, 1916, on the flat lands lying along both banks of the Somme River. The general plan of these operations had been agreed upon in the preceding December. The battle of Verdun had not prevented its execution which, on the contrary, was expected to relieve Verdun.
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