When I was last in the beautifully restored town of Ypres, I visited the In Flanders Fields museum. Anyone versed in First World War history is familiar with LCol John McCrae’s famous poem by the same title. Written in 1915 in an Advanced Dressing Station just down the road from Ypres, the Canadian medic’s poem …
Aerial footage of Ieper (Ypres) filmed from an Astra dirigible piloted by Jacques Trolley de Prévaux in 1919. His cameraman was Lucien Le Saint. This new footage and photographs of the aftermath of World War 1 were discovered in a vault in Paris.
These three Battleground Europe books on Ypres 1914 mark the centenary of the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western Front. Although fought over a relatively small area and short time span, the fighting was even more than usually chaotic and the stakes were extremely high. Authors Nigel Cave and Jack Sheldon …
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But I could hardly believe my eyes when I looked along the bank. The bank was absolutely covered with bodies of gassed men. Must have been over a thousand of them… On 22 April 1915, German forces launched a renewed offensive against the Ypres Salient. Their attack featured a weapon that had not been used …
Alan Warren. Slaughter and Stalemate in 1917: British Offensives from Messines Ridge to Cambrai. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. Hardcover. Illustrated. 253 pages. Review by Peter L. Belmonte Publisher’s summary: This book offers a fresh, critical history of the 1917 campaign in Flanders. Alan Warren traces the three major battles fought by the British …
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An excellent historical record of the South Irish Horse Regiment formed at the start of World War I from six previously disbanded Irish Regiments. The South Irish Horse proved instrumental in the retreat from Mons, The action at Landrecies, the battle of the Marne, Aisne, and the First Battle of Ypres. The South Irish Horse …
Producers of the upcoming World War I Shortfilm Sound of the Somme are looking for supporters who would like to sponsor Sound of the Somme on Kickstarter and pledge a donation amount of their choice. Currently they have gathered $9,708 of their $16,780 goal with only still 8 days to go. World War I Shortfilm, …
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Book Review of The 51st (Highland) Division in the Great War – An Engine of Destruction, by Colin Campbell. The 51st Highland Division was officially formed in 1908 in a reorganization of the Territorial Army, as a collation of all the kilted Highland regiments. Over the years that followed, until its deactivation in 1967, the …
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At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 Captain James L. Jack was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Cameronians as a staff Captain. The 1st Cameronians of the 19th Infantry Brigade was one of the earliest British regiments to arrive at the front. From August to November 1914 Captain James Jack …
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We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. John McCrae World War I forever changed the balance of power across the continents as soldiers and civilians alike endured a trial by fire unlike anything civilization had ever witnessed …
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