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Environment of Camp Funston

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Contents

Foreword

Chapter I—The Western Theater of War, by Major Douglas W. Johnson

Geological features

Natural defenses of Paris

Vosges mountains and Rhine valley

Mountains of western Germany and southern Belgium

Plain of northern France and Belgium

Plan of campaign

Invasion of France

The advance

Battle of the Marne

Battle of the Aisne

The Deadlock

Battle of Nancy

Battles of Verdun

Battles of Flanders

Chapter II—The Region about Camp Funston

Bottom lands

River bluffs

Uplands

Ground water

Climate

Chapter III—Features of Military Significance

Problems of military strategy

Problems of military tactics

Barriers

Roads

Trenching and tunneling

Water supply

Appendix—Explanation of Maps

Plates


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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