English

Prisoners of War [1924]

Digitised by Google Books from the collection at the University of California https://books.google.com/books?id=i3xDAAAAIAAJ The author was a Major, U.S.A. Retired, and Member of Baltimore Bar and District of Columbia Bar. The Preface says that during the World War he had served with the First U. S. Division in all its engagements prior to and including the battle of St. Mihiel, September 12, 1918, (Lorraine , Picardy, Cantigny, Montidier, Soissons) and with the 37th division in Flanders during the Ypres- Lys offensive, October 31-November 4-5, 1918, (Eyne - Audenarde). The Preface also says "An effort has been made to trace the development of the principles which pertain to prisoners of war from remote times until the present using numerous practical examples and to point out the efforts that have been made to improve the fate of captives as well as what further progress may be made".

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