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Out of Battle
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A blog of anecdotes and articles about the First World War.
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Battle of the Suez Canal - In \'The Times\'.
This account of the Battle for the Suez Canal was published in ‘The Times’ on February 19th 1915.Interesting reading for the British public.Battle of the Suez CanalA First-Hand Account of the Unsuccessful Turkish InvasionISMAILIA, Feb. 10.Though ...
The Battle of the Suez Canal – February 1915.
At the outbreak of war in 1914 Egypt, was ruled by the British, who had taken charge in 1882, but it was officially part of the Ottoman Empire. Free and secure access to the Suez Canal was vital to the British Empire. The most valuable parts of the ...
V.A.D.
This great poem appeared in the ‘Punch’ on August 15th 1917.Entitled the V.A.D., it’s amusing, funny and captures the ‘Florence Nightingale’ effect of the common girl now turned angel.I’ve no idea who wrote it!V.A.D.There's an angel in ou...
Not to shoot at the airship.
The ‘New York Times’ carried an amusing article from London on September 10th 1914.The day before the Admiralty tried to stop over enthusiastic citizens from getting their guns and shooting at a naval airship.AIRSHIP GOING OVER LONDONAdmiralty Wa...
Aarsen Grenade-Gun.
This interesting article and pictures comes from “The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914.”I not sure how sucessful the Aarsen Grenade-gun was, but it looks a pretty terrifying weapon from the pictures.HAND-GRENADES SHOT FROM A GUN!—...
Dangerous Sandbag.
This amusing little extract comes from the Punch in January 1916.I’m never sure with the ‘Punch’ what is real and what is fiction. But I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt as it is quite amusing. Anyway -An extract from a letter w...
This is an excellent, informative, and historically important blog. The details posted here are always interesting and give a good insight into the attitudes of the time.
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