Lualaba | Third Artois | 11 Oct 1915
Third Invasion of Serbia The Austro-German advance into northern Serbia proceeds well. It’s now time to kick the Serbian Army in the nuts while they Continue reading Lualaba | Third Artois | 11 Oct 1915
Tag Archives: Vimy Ridge
Parcels for the dead | 30 Sep 1915
Autumn offensive Today is a mostly quiet day. Second Champagne is put on hold as it becomes apparent that news of a breakthrough was in Continue reading Parcels for the dead | 30 Sep 1915
Sir John French | Blame | 29 Sep 1915
Battle of Loos With the Germans turning up the pressure on the Hohenzollern Redoubt higher and higher, General Haig has his eyes firmly on the Continue reading Sir John French | Blame | 29 Sep 1915
Battle of Es Sinn | 28 Sep 1915
Let’s try to break out from the Western Front a little, shall we? The other theatres of the war have obligingly kept quiet these past Continue reading Battle of Es Sinn | 28 Sep 1915
Third Artois | 4 Sep 1915
Iron Hindenburg On the home front, the Vienna-conceived fundraising exercise of building giant wooden nail figures to raise money for war widows is rapidly spreading Continue reading Third Artois | 4 Sep 1915
Battle of Bellewaarde | 16 Jun 1915
After yesterday’s day of final preparation, there’s an awful lot of attacks going off, and awfully little being achieved by them. To France! Second Artois Continue reading Battle of Bellewaarde | 16 Jun 1915
Death and depression | 13 Jun 1915
As the French Army prepares another attack, General Plumer is having a Good Idea, and one of Louis Barthas’s mates is suffering an attack of Continue reading Death and depression | 13 Jun 1915
Camouflage Committee | 08 May 1915
It’s the eve of the latest big push on the Western Front, and the French Camouflage Committee has been doing its bit for the Battle Continue reading Camouflage Committee | 08 May 1915
Vimy | 02 Apr 1915
Today we’re going to do the “In April 1915…” round-up of news without a specific date. The planning for Second Artois is also beginning to Continue reading Vimy | 02 Apr 1915
Ypres salient | 21 Jan 1915
The wrangling between General Joffre and Sir John French over strategy continues, and not everyone in Germany is 100% behind recent war developments. Berliner Tageblatt Continue reading Ypres salient | 21 Jan 1915
First Artois | 17 Dec 1914
Spot the Difference: The hour of attack has sounded. After having contained the attack of the Germans, it is necessary now to smash them and Continue reading First Artois | 17 Dec 1914
Vimy | Dec 10 1914
The straggling Austro-Hungarians begin to sight the Serbian border, and we’re taking a closer look at the planned French offensive in Artois. Battle of Kolubara Continue reading Vimy | Dec 10 1914