Beyond bitter: winter on the Vosges Front
The Front in the Vosges stabilised in the autumn of 1914. Joffre assured the Alsaciens that, “Notre retour est définitif. …
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Cimetière militaire Munster: a place of stories
Munster Cemetery in Alsace is a place of stories. It tells of the worldness of war. From here I can see …
Reichackerkopf, an enigma
When you pop a crémant cork on the mountainside above the valley it ricochets and echoes round the summer dusk shadows …
“Un bonjour amical du Tréport …” 1917
On 11th March, 1917, D Boutguin (address Hôpital complémentaire 25, Eu – a temporary hospital) wrote a card to a …
A painful pilgrimage
Henriette, Laura, Adèle, Rose, in their black hats and second-best heavy coats and sturdy shoes, pick their way across the …
Shot Silk 