Battle of Jutland | Fort Vaux | 1 June 1916
Battle of Jutland Very, very quick recap. Ships of the High Seas Fleet and Grand Fleet fired on each other in anger yesterday, for the Continue reading Battle of Jutland | Fort Vaux | 1 June 1916
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Decimation | Cadorna | Asiago | 26 May 1916
Battle of Asiago Let us begin with an update from the actual fighting at the Battle of Asiago. It’s still pretty much unmitigated bad news Continue reading Decimation | Cadorna | Asiago | 26 May 1916
End of the year | 31 Dec 1915
Last day of the year. Let’s do something unusual and start with Flora Sandes. Flora Sandes Private Flora Sandes has reached the Adriatic Sea coast. Continue reading End of the year | 31 Dec 1915
Chantilly | Joffre | 6 Dec 1915
Chantilly Conference Time for the Chantilly Conference: an excuse for some very dignified men to have several gluttonous lunches with General Joffre, the premier gourmand Continue reading Chantilly | Joffre | 6 Dec 1915
Lukuga | Greece | 2 Dec 1915
Quick note: the gap back to the 28th should be filled in by tomorrow. It’s been a busy week. Anyway. Lukuga Back to Lake Tanganyika! Continue reading Lukuga | Greece | 2 Dec 1915
Working parties | 20 Nov 1915
Fourth Isonzo The Duke of Aosta continues his attempt to move his drinks cabinet six inches closer to Trieste. Again Mount San Michele is attacked Continue reading Working parties | 20 Nov 1915
Gorizia | Kitchener | Falkenhayn | 18 Nov 1915
Fourth Isonzo As I mentioned a few days ago, the good news is that General Cadorna is now going to alter some of his methods. Continue reading Gorizia | Kitchener | Falkenhayn | 18 Nov 1915
Morale | 7 Nov 1915
Italian morale We know that there’s a new push coming at the Isonzo. General Cadorna is so determined to do something with Fourth Isonzo that Continue reading Morale | 7 Nov 1915
The end of Third Isonzo | 4 Nov 1915
Third Isonzo The already-ridiculous rainfall continues with even greater intensity, and now the writing’s on the wall for the battle. Any hope of an Italian Continue reading The end of Third Isonzo | 4 Nov 1915
Skopje | Constantine I | 5 Oct 1915
It’s all going off today. With what’s obviously a major British-French landing at Salonika in progress, King Constantine I of Greece uses his reserve powers Continue reading Skopje | Constantine I | 5 Oct 1915
Henri de Lecluse | 3 Oct 1915
Western Front The Hohenzollern Redoubt is fully recaptured by the Germans. The BEF line is still attached to it by communication trenches; the battle here Continue reading Henri de Lecluse | 3 Oct 1915
The eve of battle | 24 Sep 1915
Third Artois With just 24 hours until the great autumn offensive on the Western Front, you may recall that the weather has broken and it’s Continue reading The eve of battle | 24 Sep 1915
Bulgaria, Greece, rain | 23 Sep 1915
The wind and the rain, it raineth every day The weather breaks in northern France. The entire front from Flanders to Picardy is deluged by Continue reading Bulgaria, Greece, rain | 23 Sep 1915
Plan XVII | 8 Aug 1914
Ernest Shackleton In the middle of all this war business, one Ernest Shackleton, explorer extraordinare, is launching an expedition to cross Antarctica from sea to Continue reading Plan XVII | 8 Aug 1914