Battlefields – Page 30 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

First World War Italian campaign photos discovered in Australia

Centenary News reader Vick Kristoff tells us about his discovery of hundreds of glass photographic negatives revealing scenes from the Italian front in the Great War.

October 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Beersheba opens Allied way to Palestine

Allied fortunes in the Sinai campaign turned following the arrival of a new commander, and victory at Beersheba on 31 October 1917, writes Major Paul Knight.

Author: Paul Knight

October 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Beersheba opens Allied way to Palestine

Allied fortunes in the Sinai campaign turned following the arrival of a new commander, and victory at Beersheba on 31 October 1917, writes Major Paul Knight.

November 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Passchendaele ends

Canadian troops completed the capture of Passchendaele on 10 November 1917, ending the Allied offensive in Flanders known also as the Third Battle of Ypres.

November 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Zeebrugge Raid Centenary 2018 – Call for Papers

The National Museum of the Royal Navy is inviting papers for an April 2018 conference marking the centenary of Britain’s attempt to seal off German U-boat bases on the Belgian coast.

November 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai Centenary – tank tribute at London’s Cenotaph

Soldiers and veterans of Britain’s Royal Tank Regiment paraded before a replica Mark IV tank at the Cenotaph in tribute to their predecessors who fought at the Battle of Cambrai 100 years ago.

November 22, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai tank veteran ‘Deborah’ keeps vigil in new home

A first glimpse of the Battle of Cambrai veteran Deborah in her final resting place, 100 years after she fought in the first mass tank attack.

December 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Jerusalem falls to British-led forces

General Sir Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem on 11 December 1917 after a six-week campaign against the Ottomans in Palestine, as Major Paul Knight explains.

Author: Paul Knight

December 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Jerusalem falls to British-led forces

General Sir Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem on 11 December 1917 after a six-week campaign against the Ottomans in Palestine, as Major Paul Knight explains.

December 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Review of WW1 Centenary year 2017

Centenary News looks back at some of many events in 2017 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War.