This week Sabine's battlefieldguide Saturday is going to HouthulstItalians buried in FlandersWeeks ago I visited Houthulst Belgian cemetery, I knew there were Italian prisoners of war there but never took…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayThe cavalry of the Liège Civil Guard versus IR 162 on 31/08/1914Some 10,000 civilian guards served in the Clooten Group (the Queen Elisabeth regiment, the…
this week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday: How the Germans suppressed in occupied BelgiumThe newspaper 'Ons Vlaanderen' war issue Sunday 14 November 1916the stages inspector general lieutenant Von Unger comes to…
Albrecht Von RichthofenMajor Albrecht Phillip Karl Julius Freiherr von Richthofen, Manfred’s father. Born on November 13, 1859 in Romburg Silesia died 1920 Schweidnitz. He served in the cavalry in the…
Eyewitness accounts of Sunday the 22 November 1914Priest Delaere writes the following in his diary in French ( I didn't think it was fair to not translate it) : the…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayDomenico Mondelli from Eritrea ,flying for Italy.Born in Asmara, in the Italian colony of Eritrea, on 30th June 1886, Wolde Selassie was the natural son…
the 3rd cavalry division , which was the one that arrived in Ypres. In charge was Lt.-Gen. von Unger and contained:16th cavalry brigade: 7th Jäger zu Pferde, 8th Jäger zu…
this week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday is not what I planned to post but women are allowed to change their mind.Which German troops were in Ieper on October the 7th…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday is taking us to Zillebeke one man caught my attention, Karl Wunder and I wanted to know what happened on the day he died.IR…
9th of August 1915Early that Monday morning there was an enormous air activity above the Ypres sector. The Germans reacted to this with as many people on their side and…