Battlefields – Page 36 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins

The opening stages of the First World War campaign that remains the largest single battle in US history, described by Patrick Gregory.

Author: Patrick Gregory

September 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins

The opening stages of the First World War campaign that remains the largest single battle in US history, described by Patrick Gregory.

September 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – ‘Tout Le Monde à La Bataille’, Allies strike across Western Front

In the dying days of September 1918, an Allied onslaught in Northern France and Flanders, coupled with defeats for the Central Powers on other fronts, forced German overtures for an armistice.

October 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Kick-starting the Meuse-Argonne: The American Army goes again on Western Front

Patrick Gregory on the relaunch of America’s stalled offensive in northeastern France 100 years ago.

Author: Patrick Gregory

October 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Kick-starting the Meuse-Argonne: The American Army goes again on Western Front

Patrick Gregory on the relaunch of America's stalled offensive in northeastern France 100 years ago.

October 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – Light to shine on Artois ‘Great Vigil’ for the fallen

Candle-lit vigils will be held at 270 cemeteries and memorials across Artois at nightfall on 10 November 2018 to commemorate all those who didn’t live to see the Armistice ending the Great War.

November 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand commemorates 1918 liberation of Le Quesnoy

New Zealanders gathered in the French town of Le Quesnoy on 4 November 2018 for events commemorating the 100th anniversary of their last major action of the First World War.

November 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to Wilfred Owen on the Sambre-Oise Canal

Centenary News joined a commemorative procession in Northern France on November 4, honouring the poet and soldier Wilfred Owen, 100 years to the day after he was killed in action in one of the last battles of the First World War.

November 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

St Symphorien tributes to the fallen of 1914 and 1918

The first and the last British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in action in the Great War have been remembered in Armistice Centenary ceremonies at the cemetery in Belgium where they lie together.

November 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Belgium & Canada honour last Commonwealth soldier killed in WW1

Centenary News watches the official opening of the George Price Memorial, near Mons, commemorating the death of the last Commonwealth soldier to die in action in World War 1 before the Armistice took effect.