Gus’ Gear- wire cutters
Today on Gus' Gear, I will cover a few of the different types of wire cutters used during WWI.Barbed wire was the most important defensive weapon of the war, and…
Halen 35-Belgian Reinforcements Arrive-4
Halen 35-Belgian Reinforcements Arrive-4 Before 2nd Bn/24th Line Inf Regt arrived at Loksbergen, things had already gotten out of hand. From the start of the action, there were uncertainty, hesitation,…
Gus’ Gear–Money
Today's entry in Gus' Gear is going in a different direction, today I will present some of the currencies used by the soldiers and people in the combat zones. I…
Gus’ Gear — bandages
From Gus' Gear today I am going to look at some bandages. I will start with German and try to keep on topic, but I fear that I will wonder…
IR 169: Blog 12, 5 March 2020: Spearheading the Germany May 1918 Aisne Offensive (Part I)
Blog 11 covered Infantry Regiment 169’s (IR 169) early 1918 storm trooper training program. Much of this effort included a six week stint of intensive training at the massive…
Halen -34 Belgian Reinforcements Arrive-3
Halen 34-Belgian Reinforcements Arrive=3 Hptm. von Schierstädt, Commander of the G MG-Abt Nr 2, attributed this success to "the valuable peacetime training, the maximum exploiting of the terrain, and the…
IR 169: Blog Ten, 23 February 2020: A Tank Graveyard; Juvincourt, 1917.
In our last post, IR 169, following a long ordeal in the Somme, was reconstituted while posted in the Altkirch lines from January – March, 1917. The regiment then received…
Gus’ Gear — Mess kits
Mess kits, eating utensils, cups and canteens, another chapter of Gus' Gear. An army marches on its stomach and every soldier needed food and water to be capable of fulfilling…
IR 169: Blog Nine, 16 February 2020: Trench Raid, 1917.
Following the last blog that addressed the 25 August 1914 Battle of Baccarat. We will now jump forward to January 1917. To set the stage, previous blogs have covered aspects…
IR 169: Blog Eight, 16 February 2020: The Battle of Baccarat, 5 August 1914.
The previous blog left off in the aftermath of IR 169’s victorious, albeit costly struggle in the 20-21 August 1914 Battle of Sarrebourg. The results of Crown Prince Rupprecht’s mighty…
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