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. …
The Front in the Vosges stabilised in the autumn of 1914. Joffre assured the Alsaciens that, “Notre retour est définitif. …
Munster Cemetery in Alsace is a place of stories. It tells of the worldness of war. From here I can see …
When you pop a crémant cork on the mountainside above the valley it ricochets and echoes round the summer dusk shadows …
The winter which ended 1914 was bitter, foul, thoroughly dispiriting, and it didn’t improve into 1915. The French-American academic Robert Pellissier spent …
This card was sent from the Vosges on 31st January 1918. Servance is south west of Bussang, west of the …
There’s snow, and there’s Snow. This card was sent from the Vosges during World War One. It depicts a pathway …
Before a decade had passed, a city of billowing white hospital tents transformed the scene and the grand hotel Trianon was …
Some time ago, I took photos at Mont-Huon for a friend. I wrote this to accompany the photos. Mont-Huon is …