Altogether, four German regiments were there. One unit was a Union regiment, the 106th Ohio Vol. Infantry, and three were Ohio Militia Reserve Regiments, the 6th, 8th, and 11th.

So, Cincinnati’s Germans formed a total of six German regiments for the Union Army: the 9th, 28th, 47th, 106th, 108th, and 165th.

On the morning of the 24th a few malcontents paraded the streets with a banner of about two by four feet, on which was painted the "strange devise," in German: "The Banks will redeem all currency ...

This German Field Manual was found by my grandfather and namesake William Campbell in a German artillery dug-out near Flesquieres in Northern France on 20 November 1917 when he was 20 years old.

Museum curator David Willey said: "The Battle of Cambrai on 20 November was a hugely important moment in the history of the Royal Tank Regiment and is still celebrated today. "It was the first ...