France – Page 15 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary of ‘Race to the Sea’ and ‘Mademoiselle from Armentières’ remembered in France

The 100th anniversary of the battles known as the 'Race to the Sea' will be remembered with a historical re-enactment in the French town of Armentières on October 11th and 12th 2014.

October 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas August 1914

Captain Cuthbert Lucas’s arrival in France was obviously an auspicious one. Very much the advance party for the BEF, he had been sent to provide the coordination for the successful disembarkation.

October 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas August 1914

Captain Cuthbert Lucas’s arrival in France was obviously an auspicious one. Very much the advance party for the BEF, he had been sent to provide the coordination for the successful disembarkation.

Author: Steve Warburton

October 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Lille occupied

The French city of Lille fell to the German Army on October 13th 1914 after coming under attack in the fighting known as the ‘Race to the Sea.”

October 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The UK Guardian marks the centenary with an online interactive documentary

The Guardian online First World War documentary, launched in 2014, is available in 7 different languages, with the voices of 10 historians from across the world.

October 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The UK Guardian marks the centenary with an online interactive documentary

The Guardian online First World War documentary, published in 2014, is available in 7 different languages, with the voices of 10 historians from across the world.

October 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The UK Guardian marks the centenary with an online interactive documentary

The Guardian online First World War documentary, published in 2014, is available in 7 different languages, with the voices of 10 historians from across the world.

October 18, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Human chain to remember France’s ‘forgotten front’

A human chain will line up across former battlefields in Northern France on October 18th 2014 to highlight a 'forgotten front' of the First World War.

October 19, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: First Battle of Ypres starts

The historic Belgian town of Ypres became the focus of a protracted battle between the Allied and German armies in the latter half of October 1914.

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: 15 British soldiers being reburied in France today

Fifteen British soldiers are being reburied today (October 22nd 2014) at a Commonwealth cemetery in France, 100 years after their deaths in fighting near the Belgian border.