German forces began a thrust across Northern France on 21 March 1918, initially threatening to overwhelm the Allies.
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Tag: Battlefields
French & Portuguese leaders mark Battle of the Lys Centenary
President Macron and his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, led tributes at Richebourg today (9 April 2018) to Portuguese soldiers who fell on the Western Front.
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The Defence of Givenchy – holding the German Spring Offensive, April 1918
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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The Defence of Givenchy – holding the German Spring Offensive, April 1918
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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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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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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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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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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Blankenberge’s tribute to George Nicholson Bradford VC
The family of Lt Cdr George Bradford – one of the only pair of brothers both to receive the Victoria Cross in WW1 – have expressed their ‘heartfelt thanks’ for a new memorial to him in Flanders marking the Zeebrugge Raid Centenary.
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