In October and November 1914, exactly 100 years ago, the British Expeditionary Force and the German Army fought the First Battle of Ypres in northern Belgium. Before World War I was over, Ypres was ...
Ypres is a place that has seared itself into both the collective soul and the communal memory of the British people. An historic cloth town lying in the flat landscape of northern Flanders, it has ...
Armistice Day next Tuesday is also the centenary of the last great spasm of the First Battle of Ypres. On November 11, 1914 the Germans launched a fresh attack on the thin line of the British ...
A remarkable set of photographs taken by a First World War hero has been revealed for the first time - 104 years after he brought his camera to the battlefields of Ypres. Captain Robert Bennett, known ...
A ceremony’s been held to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Battle of Ypres during the World War One. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Belgian and Dutch royal families were among dozens ...
HISTORIAN Steve Berridge, pictured right, is transcribing the war diary and regimental chronicle of the 2nd Ox and Bucks Light Infantry. It is a huge task and Mr Berridge, a volunteer at the Soldiers ...
With the Battle of the Aisne grinding to a halt as trench warfare gradually set in both the German and Allied commanders realised the dominance of the defensive established by quick firing artillery ...
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