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"The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the start of our superiority over the enemy in guns of all calibers."
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"The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply."
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"With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat."
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