#carency

Landscape with snow,Carency  -   Sir George Clausen, Probably late January, 1919 .

British, 1852-1944

Charles Tennant | French mining | 17 Jan 1915

Today, we’re getting a Territorial subaltern’s view of things, and seeing how French mining efforts are progressing.

Charles Tennant

Lieutenant Tennant (ho ho ho) is a subaltern in the 1/4th Seaforth Higlanders. The Seaforths are currently part of the slightly misleadingly-named Dehra Dun Brigade of the Meerut Division. Each brigade is composed of one British infantry battalion and three Indian…

Landships | 28 Dec 1914

We’ve got a quieter day today, even down in the Caucasus. However, important events are still afoot!

Nieuport

The Belgians have continued attacking over the Yser, and today the Germans withdraw from the village of St Georges, presumably rather bemused as to why the Belgians insist on coming out from behind their new moat.

Carency

The French attacks here have ground to a standstill almost…

Dec 27 in #WW1 The Belgians attack #Lombartzyde , the French attack #Carency , the Ottomans attack #Sarikamis

The Belgians are getting their war on again at Lombartzyde, First Artois and First Champagne grind back into life, and fighting reaches Sarikamis itself.

Lombartzyde

This time the Belgians cross the Yser at the northern end of their line, at Lombartzyde outside Nieuport. Again they capture a few hundred metres of German trench, take some prisoners, and establish a bridgehead. They’re in this war,…

#BoxingDay in #WW1 The truces persist on some parts of the front, and the Battle of #Sarikamis intensifies.

Back to that lovely war. Hurrah. Well, mostly. There are some areas of the Western Front where good feelings can’t be dispersed so easily with a few disapproving orders from some remote brass hat.

Western Front

Perhaps the most successful exchange of good feelings has happened in the section of line held by the 1/6th Gordon Highlanders. As their name suggests, they’re a Territorial unit. They’ve…