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…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday is going back to Boezingea German spy?The violence came closer and closer and on the 20th of October the front was close to Boezinge.…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday is going to BoezingeThe first prisoners of war in the villageOn Wednesday 14 October , one week before the infantry reached the Boezinge area,…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday :A German Medical officer about the life in the trenchesThe master baker Clemens Bedbur (1883-1936) from Jülich was a soldier of the RIR 68…
This Week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday is going back to Zillebeke, we were there in December last year ( 26/122/2020 blog), and for some reason I didn't use the following…
This Week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday is going back to Zonnebekeeveryday life winter 14-15 in Zonnebekethe landscape : when the French arrived in October 1914, the region around Ieper still…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide is going back to ZonnebekeHow Zonnebeke ended up in German hands for a short while October 1914Wednesday 21 OctoberAfter a night of little sleep, the…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday is going back to ZonnebekeLife in Zonnebeke during the first months of WW1 part twoFriday 16 October 1914The vacant rooms of the girls' school…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday will focus on what life was like for the inhabitants of Zonnebeke after weeks of seeing what it was like for RIR 241 I…
This week’s Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday, going German for the first time, remember I am not even a native English speaker so for sure I will have made mistakes in…