Papers, 1918-1919.

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Papers, 1918-1919.

Hitchcock's military papers, newspaper clippings, and two notebooks detailing the organization of the French Army and convoy running, and describing the ambulance service during the war. The collection sheds light on an American officer's view of the French Army during World War I. The clippings provide information about a German officer's hopes for German world domination after the war.

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France. Armée

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The Charles Henri, comte d’Estaing Journal Militaire traces the efforts of France to engage the British military in Europe during the American Revolutionary War. After d’Estaing unsuccessfully attempted to defeat the British navy in North America between 1777 and 1780, he turned his attention to allying with Spain for the siege on Gibraltar. The Franco-Spanish forces blockaded Gibraltar from to December 1779 to February 1783, and though they succeeded in taking Minorca on February 5...

Hitchcock, Edward W., b. 1877.

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Native of Kalamazoo, Michigan who served as a first lieutenant in France in World War I. From the description of Papers, 1918-1919. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22702479 ...

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