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Sun, New York, June 29, 1915.
Dutch battery going into action in manɶuvres among the
sand dunes so plentiful on the coast of Holland.
(...) Sun, New York, June 27, 1915
& THE landing of the French and British expeditionary forces
at the Dardanelles has been carried out under extreme
difficulty. The troops have been sent ashore in small boats and
the artillery has been landed in the same manner, as none
of the big transports has been able to approach land. In one case
the British transport River Clyde was deliberately beached
in order to permit the immediate landing of 2,000 British troops.
The photograph shows one of the big 155 mm. guns of
the French artillery being taken ashore from a French warship.
(...) Sun, New York, June 27, 1915
„Greatest Americans of the present day“
Editorial content. „GLORY‘S HALF DOZEN.
A Sheaf of Memorable Citizens
Containing, Alas! but One Colonel.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN – Sir: A small coterie
of well informed persons asked me to decide
a contest for a nominal prize. Each had written on a slip
of paper the names of the six greatest Americans
of the present day in the order of their greatness. (...) The list
that won the little purse is as follows:
Charley Chaplin, Teddy Roosevelt, Ty Cobb, Billy
Sunday, Harry Thaw, Jess Willard.“ (...)
„OLDOC COOKIE
BROOKLYN, June 28.“
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