This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday :October 22th 1914 RIR 241 part two the battle for Broodseinde crossroadthe general command reported during the night: enemy in full retreat on Ieper.…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday :RIR 241: The battle for Broodseinde crossroad part one21 oktober 1914A kilometre to the south of the crossroad, a battle broke out on 21…
The baptism of fire for RIR 241 on the 19th of October 1914Way before the sun broke through the Flanders fog on October the 19th, 1914, at the first cockcrow,…
This week Sabine’s battlefield Saturday will be following RIR 241.RIR 241 die geschichte des Königlich Sächsishen reserve infanterie regiments nr. 241Part one: leaving GermanyRIR 241 was the last regiment to…
Born 10/11/1887 in Poperinge son of August Corneel Lermytte and Euphrasie Cornelia ChoorDied 17/04/1915 in Saltau in das kriegsgefangenlazaret of pulmonary tuberculosis. Originally burried in Saltau( Germany) on the 19th…
This week sabine's battlefield guide Saturday goes back to BeselareHow a priest loses all his booksLodewijk De WolfOn August 9, 1911, Lodewijk was appointed assistant priest of Beselare. Because of…
This week sabine's battlefield guide Saturday focusing on the Fusilier Marins early Oktober 1914Les Fusiliers Marins before they arrive in DiksmuideTheir first task is to defend Paris at a time…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayThe attempt of the Belgian army to recapture KeiemOn the evening of 18 October 1914 the officers of the general headquarters discuss with the staff…
This week my blog is focused on a Belgian doctor, I was lucky to meet his son Jack several times when I was doing research in 2008 and 2009 for…
On the morning of the 18th October, a 90-man strong cyclist detachment of the 46 res division, accompanied by a 3-man strong cavalry patrol, had advanced in the direction of…