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…
His leave back to Weischlitz mid-January , where Kurt spend more time in Plauen with a reason : Else. He finally asks her if she loves him. When returning to…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayDiary extracts from Kurt Zehmisch 1916 Somme and CominesThe Somme area, my main interest at the moment is what happens when Kurt is in Belgium.…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayKurt Zehmisch extracts of his diary part two 1915Kurt wrote a very detailed diary with locations most times very detailed, he didn’t see the opponent…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday :Kurt Zehmisch extracts from a diary by a German lieutenantHis diary was discovered in 1998 in an attic near Leipzig by his son Rudolf…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday is going to Stene ( a village close to Oostende)living with the Germans seen through the eyes of a Belgian priest named Henri Leroeye.On…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday is going to the area around Boezinge to see the German actions. Most regimental German histories are pretty expensive to buy, I only had…
Civilians were more often suspected of espionage than soldiers. If one lit a candle at night when a cow calved, the farmer was immediately arrested and taken for interrogation. He…