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Vj zji tTHE BOY ALLIES AT VERDUN CHAPTER I THE EVE OF VERDUN On the twenty-second of February, I9l i, ar automobile sped northward along the Fre ck battle line that for almost two years had hell back the armies of the German emperor, strive as they would to win their way farther int the heart of France. For months the opposmg forces had battled to a draw from the Nortk Sea to the boundary of Switz... More

Vj zji tTHE BOY ALLIES AT VERDUN CHAPTER I THE EVE OF VERDUN On the twenty-second of February, I9l i, ar automobile sped northward along the Fre ck battle line that for almost two years had hell back the armies of the German emperor, strive as they would to win their way farther int the heart of France. For months the opposmg forces had battled to a draw from the Nortk Sea to the boundary of Switzerland, until now, as the day waned it was almost six oclock the hands of time drew closer and closer to the hour that was to mark the opening of the most bitter and destructive battle of the war, up to this time. It was the eve of the battle of Verdun. The occupants of the automobile as it sped northward numbered three. In the front seat, alone at the drivers wheel, a young man bent low.
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