1 posted on
03/15/2008 9:11:32 AM PDT by
Stoat
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2 posted on
03/15/2008 9:12:03 AM PDT by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
"The generals had learned a few lessons from the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Chief among them was the fact that frontal assaults on well-defended enemy trenches and artillery were mass suicide."
Uh, that "lesson" should have been well-established by the time of the US Civil War and the Crimean War many decades earlier. Pickett's Charge ring any bells? Charge of the Light Brigade?
3 posted on
03/15/2008 9:16:54 AM PDT by
Enchante
(ex-Governor Spitzer, can you recommend a "high class" prostitute for a Dem. friend?)
To: Stoat
Read the wiki article and was surprised to see it having originated from the French. I was always told it was based off of the VC because the VC sapper would come in and ‘sap’ morale by picking people off. I am also glad to see they finally made a tab for them. Learn something new everyday I suppose.
4 posted on
03/15/2008 9:18:25 AM PDT by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: SeraphimApprentice; Hurtgen; zot; Interesting Times
5 posted on
03/15/2008 9:26:11 AM PDT by
GreyFriar
( 3rd Armored Division - Spearhead)
To: Stoat
Wow! Great Saturday read.
Thanks for posting this!
7 posted on
03/15/2008 9:29:17 AM PDT by
Slump Tester
(Only CINOs and democRATs knowingly and willingly vote for RINOs!)
To: Stoat; blam; SunkenCiv
8 posted on
03/15/2008 9:30:54 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: Stoat
To: Stoat
10 posted on
03/15/2008 9:37:07 AM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: Stoat
My grandfather fought in the trenches during WW-1 and as a result, had foot problems for the rest of his life. I truly regret not ever taking the time to actually sit down and talk to him about his life. But as a young kid, one never gives much thought to things like that........
12 posted on
03/15/2008 9:46:44 AM PDT by
Hot Tabasco
(There's three ways to skin a cat but not one is worth the effort.......)
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Battle of Arras (1917) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Town Square, Arras, France. February, 1919.
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| "Title: THE MACHINE GUN CORPS DURING THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, 1917". Men of the Machine Gun Corps fire their gun at a German aircraft (not pictured) during the Battle of Arras. |
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Photograph of British 18 pdr field gun being moved into a new position, Battle of Arras, during the advance near Athies.
Comment : This was part of the First Battle of the Scarpe , part of the Battle of Arras.
Note armoured oil reservoir on front end of recuperator, introduced to extend the life of the springs.
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| A British machine gun post near Feuchy, France. April 1917. |
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This image is titled, "On Vimy Ridge, where Canada won Laurels". The caption reads:
- The Canadians took the important position of Vimy Ridge on Easter Monday, April 9, 1917. They advanced with brilliance, having taken the whole system of German front-line trenches between dawn and 6.30 A.M. This shows squads of machine gunners operating from shell-craters in support of the infantry on the plateau above the ridge.
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THE BATTLE OF ARRAS 1917
A battery of 18-pounder field guns under German fire close to Monchy-le-Preux. In the foreground is an advanced dressing station.
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| A scene in the Hindenburg Line, showing Australians with a Stokes mortar assisting in the operations near Bullecourt. The gun (covered by a German groundsheet) is on the left of the picture. The soldiers are 4858 Private A A McTaggart (left), who gained the Belgian Medaille Militaire for fine work during this action, and 5667 Private E R Carey (right). Both are members of the 2nd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, 1st Division. Place made: France: Picardie, Somme Bullecourt
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| The caption reads, "The Hindenburg Line at Bullecourt. Three trench lines and communications are here shown, with acres of wire entanglements in the left foreground protecting first-line positions. Beyond Bullecourt runs the St. Quentin Canal and tunnel, which was taken late in September by the Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth American divisions." |
| Troops embussing in Arras to go back for a rest having taken part in the Battle of Arras. The buses being used are London 'B' type buses, some 1,300 of which were requisitioned by the army in October 1914 as troop-carriers on the Western Front. |
13 posted on
03/15/2008 9:46:47 AM PDT by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
If I know anything about Great Art the mysterious “sweetheart” drawn on the cave wall was a rendering from an ad for soap or beauty cream, etc. in a magazine sent from home.
The “Gibson Girl,” you never know where you’ll find her next.
17 posted on
03/15/2008 9:59:57 AM PDT by
sinanju
To: Stoat
Thank you so much for this article.
Fascinating.
To: Stoat
26 posted on
03/15/2008 10:43:13 AM PDT by
Harold Hill
(I always think there's a band, kid)
To: Stoat
Bump for later (and thanks for posting this!)
To: Stoat
Amazing story! Thank you for posting this, and bumping!
I wish this would have been known when I was in that part of Europe in the late 1980s.
31 posted on
03/15/2008 12:59:17 PM PDT by
Theresawithanh
(McCain in 2008. Because our liberal is still better than both of theirs.)
36 posted on
03/17/2008 1:19:25 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: Stoat
I get so tired of Obama and all the rest of the junk.
This type of thing is very welcome on my screen. Thank you,
You probably are aware of a great website HellfireCorner which is devoted to WWI. Lots of terrific stuff on there. I bet this has made it there as well, I'll have to check it out.
37 posted on
03/17/2008 4:30:36 PM PDT by
RushLake
(Democrats/MSM have never met a terrorist they didn't like.)
To: Nikas777
40 posted on
09/01/2009 4:38:07 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: Stoat
It’s possible my great-uncle was there. He was shot while crossing the Arras-Cambrai Road near the village of Dury on September 2, 1918, and died on the 10th. He was with the 38th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, and is buried in a British Military Cemetery near Boulogne.
42 posted on
10/12/2015 11:48:39 AM PDT by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Stoat
WOW.
This is a most fascinating thread.
45 posted on
10/12/2015 12:03:06 PM PDT by
Gator113
(~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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