Pripet Marshes
Americanplural noun
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If the Carpathian wall is to halt the Russians, it will likewise divide the south ern German front into two distinct sectors, just as the Pripet Marshes divide it farther north.
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A cloud of dust hid the battlefield north of the Pripet Marshes.
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If the Dnieper Line does not crumble this week or next, it may crumble in the winter, when ice will bridge the river and the Pripet Marshes.
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Even the Russian mosquitoes from the endless Pripet Marshes conspired in guerrilla activity.
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During the next two weeks considerable fighting of this nature occurred at many points along the front from the Pripet Marshes down to the Dniester.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
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