It seemed that out of battle I escaped down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped through granites which titanic wars had groined. A blog of anecdotes and articles about the first World War, centering on 8th Battalion, AIF.
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This fascinating article appered in the London Times on 22 January 1915. It informed the public of the range Zeppelin’s had to fly to reach England, their ammunition and what the conditions a Zeppelin will fly in. It was all very reassuring.
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Pictures of Oulton and Woodlesford War Memorial in Yorkshire. Kindly taken by Malcolm Saunders.
For more information on the Memorial go to : Wakefield Genealogy
This recruitment advertisement appeared in The London Times, March 17, 1915
Entitled Lord Kitchener Advertises for Recruits
If the German Army were in Manchester.
If the German Army were in Manchester, every fit man in the country would enlist...
This excellent article comes from the New York Times magazine ‘The European War’.
Originally published in the London Times by an anonymous British Surgeon on December 22nd 1914.
The Things the Wounded Talk About
If you would realize fully what...
This article comes from “The Great War in a Different Light’ and describes the Daily News correspondent’s escape from Berlin at the start of the war.
Mr H W. Nevinson was a hardened professional who had reported on the 1897 war between Greece...
