Brazilian efforts to help out in Europe
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayBrazilian efforts to help out in EuropeBrazil announced on the 5th of August 1914 it would be taking a neutral stance in the war. The…
Willy Feld and Erich Jagush buried in Glasgow
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday :Willy Feld and Erich Jagush buried in GlasgowI got a photo send by a friend living in Scotland, It intrigued me why were they…
Leo Mac Ghastley and Maria Biehl spies for the Germans or not ?
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayLeo Mac Ghastley and Maria Biehl spies for the Germans or not ?Leo was born in Sacramento( US) in 1870 and his wife Maria Biehl…
Leutnant Victor Wolrad Friedrich Adolf Wilhelm Albert Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
He was a half-brother of the dowager Queen Emma of the Netherlands.Emma's mother Helena Wilhelmina Henriette Pauline Marianne of Nassau died in 1888, after which her father remarried Louise of…
3rd battle of Ieper casualties described by father Slosse
July 28th1917 at 7pm planes fighting in the sky. A German plane falls, burning in Stragier field, the conductor ‘Hauptmann’ loses his life there and is buried in Roeselare. Next…
Rumbeke in 1916 seen through the eyes of father Slosse
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday:Rumbeke in 1916 seen through the eyes of father Slosse23 of January, Lieutenant von Heugel and Müller are leaving taking with them their 2 dogs…
Daily life in occupied Rumbeke
Daily life in occupied RumbekeAt the end of October 1914, the Germans constructed an airfield in Rumbeke, south of the Sterrebos, at the Bergstraat and the old Maria's lindestraat close…
How the diary of a priest reveals locations of German soldiers buried around Rumbeke
On 19 October, French soldiers are shooting towards the Germans near Rumbeke. The Germans think it is civilians who are shooting at them and take revenge. Thirteen people are killed…
The British arrive at Messines October 1914
Josephine Scheerlinck was the economist of the Institute at Messines, The ladies who originally belonged to the community led a quasi-monastic life, but they were only bound by temporary vows,…
The arrival of the Germans in Messines through the eyes of Josephine Scheerlinck
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayMessines or Mesen , everyone always seem to focus on the June 1917 action but let’s go to what happened in 1914 seen through the…