Major Paul Knight describes how British troops of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division held the line against a German push towards the Channel ports 100 years ago.
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Portugal remembers its role in Battle of the Lys
Portugal will hold commemorations in France on April 9 for its troops who fought at the Battle of the Lys in spring 1918.
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100 Years Ago – Field Marshal Haig calls for ‘Backs to the Wall’ fight to the last
‘There is no other course open to us but to fight it out,’ British commander Sir Douglas Haig ordered on 11 April 1918, rallying his troops against fresh German advances threatening the Channel ports.
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Final ‘100 Cities/100 Memorials’ US Centennial awards announced
Fifty more memorials in US cities commemorating America’s Great War dead have been officially designated, and awarded grants, as national ‘WW1 Centennial Memorials’.
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Seicheprey – America’s WWI Baptism of Fire
On the Centennial of America’s first significant clash of the Great War, Patrick Gregory tells the story of the encounter at Seicheprey, on 20 April 1918.
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Seicheprey – America’s WWI Baptism of Fire
On the Centennial of America's first significant clash of the Great War, Patrick Gregory tells the story of the encounter at Seicheprey, on 20 April 1918.
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Death of the Red Baron – 21 April 1918
Captain Manfred von Richtofen, leading ace of the German Air Service during the First World War, was killed on this day 100 years ago by enemy fire near Amiens.
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100 Years Ago – The Royal Navy raids on Zeebrugge & Ostend
As cross-channel commemorations get under way, Centenary News reports from the Flanders coast on Britain’s daring attempt to cut off German submarine bases at a critical moment in the First World War.
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The crucial struggle waged between the British navy and the Flanders-based German submarine fleet during the First World War is explored in a new exhibition, opening in Bruges on April 21.
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Zeebrugge honours fallen of 1918 naval raids
Centenary News watched Zeebrugge’s commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the British naval attacks targeting German First World War U-boat operations in Flanders.
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