Sabine’s battlefield guide

Born Ludovica D'havé on 13 July 1894 in Ghent, but known as Louisa d'Havé. The daughter of the textile manufacturer Théophile d'Havé, his factory was in the Grondwetlaan in St.…

Lorem ipsum dolorThis week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayVeurne October 1914 : shells, soldiers refugees and prisonersDuring the First World War, Veurne occupied a 'privileged' place among the Flemish towns. After…

This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday : RIR 235 Loosing more officers, trench warfare, pigs and thin soupStill in pitch darkness, the regiment assembled at the southern exit of Westrozebeke…

This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday RIR 235 trying to take Langemark part 4On 24.10, several enemy infantry attacks were again repelled. Apart from that, there was no change whatsoever…

This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday RIR 235 part tree losing the Oberst 22 October 1914as could be ascertained from soldier books found, veteran soldiers from the island of Malta…

This week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayRIR 235 trying to get into Langemarklangemark, for the first time the name was heard, which was to have such great significance for the regiment.…

This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday RIR 235 winter 1914Now what caused my interest in that battalion? I was reading in a Belgian book in French about what went wrong…

April 17th 1915Pilot Wilhelm Wolmacher and his observer Lt. Joseph Seeboth encounter a British aircraft during a reconnaissance above the front north of Boezinge. A gunfight breaks out at an…

RIR 120 In BeselareWe have been in Beselare before in other blogs, for some reason I ended up in the regimental history of RIR 120 and saw a picture of…

This week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayKurt Zemisch 1917 explosive extractsWe are saying good bye to Kurt, my last blog , Not only will Kurt experience how it feels when mines…