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Chinese Labour Corps | 23 Aug 1916
Chinese Labour Corps | 23 Aug 1916
Chinese Labour Corps The story of hired Chinese labourers in the war is about to officially begin. The French government has spent the better part of 18 months working on a scheme to recruit men from China to do labouring work, and so free up French soldiers for duties closer to the firing line. However, in order to preserve the appearance of Chinese neutrality, they’ve used a deeply convoluted…
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Haig and Rawlinson | 22 Aug 1916
Haig and Rawlinson | 22 Aug 1916
Haig and Rawlinson It seems that the rule among the BEF’s high command at the moment is “if in doubt, shout at General Rawlinson”. While General Melchett might have approved of this man-management strategy, he’s about the only one. To be sure, General Haig has every reason to be peeved about the performance of his 4th Army commander, and has told him so in no uncertain terms. The only conclusion…
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von Knobelsdorf | Iringa | 21 Aug 1916
von Knobelsdorf | Iringa | 21 Aug 1916
Nyasalanders in Tanzania Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Nyasalanders’ campaign in the south-west of Tanzania is proving to be rather a curate’s egg. In engagement after engagement they’ve forced the enemy Schutztruppe back, caused casualties, taken few in return. In theory they should now be well-placed to march hard to Iringa, and complete a grand encirclement. In theory.…
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Kigi | Joffre's position | 20 Aug 1916
Kigi | Joffre’s position | 20 Aug 1916
Joffre’s hopes General Joffre has been bombarding General Haig with requests to launch a major offensive almost night and day since Haig’s little dinner joke last week. Interestingly, in his memoirs, he claims that the first day on the Somme had shown that the BEF was incapable of launching the kind of large multiple-army offensives that he had ordered in 1915. And yet, here he is trying to…
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Kigi | Joffre's position | 20 Aug 1916
Kigi | Joffre’s position | 20 Aug 1916
Joffre’s hopes General Joffre has been bombarding General Haig with requests to launch a major offensive almost night and day since Haig’s little dinner joke last week. Interestingly, in his memoirs, he claims that the first day on the Somme had shown that the BEF was incapable of launching the kind of large multiple-army offensives that he had ordered in 1915. And yet, here he is trying to…
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Kigi | Joffre's position | 20 Aug 1916
Kigi | Joffre’s position | 20 Aug 1916
Joffre’s hopes General Joffre has been bombarding General Haig with requests to launch a major offensive almost night and day since Haig’s little dinner joke last week. Interestingly, in his memoirs, he claims that the first day on the Somme had shown that the BEF was incapable of launching the kind of large multiple-army offensives that he had ordered in 1915. And yet, here he is trying to…
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Battle of Doiran The Serbian Army has been forced to give up the town of Florina, near Lake Ostrovo. Happily for them, there happens to be a rather large ridge between the town and Lake Ostrovo. If the Bulgarians First Army can push all the way through to the lake, they’re going to have a secure flank and will be extremely difficult to dislodge from their current position. Africa In the…
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Battle of Bitlis | Gratuitous horror | 16 Aug 1916
Battle of Bitlis | Gratuitous horror | 16 Aug 1916
Battle of Bitlis Back to the Caucasus now for a quick update from the Battle of Bitlis. It is not good news at all for the Ottomans who recently established themselves in Bitlis, Mus, and the Endres and Ognot valleys. They’ve been having a little success over the last couple of days, advancing against a raw, untested Russian division. But now their mates are here, and although they’re quite tired…
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"Improving the position" | 18 Aug 1916
“Improving the position” | 18 Aug 1916
Bulgarian initiative and First Doiran Quick recap; Romania has just signed on to enter the war. The French have agreed to lead an attack to pin the Bulgarian Army down on their southern border so they can’t just turn round and kick Romania’s back door in. They’re due to start properly in two days. Unfortunately, the Central Powers are well aware that something is going on, and so the Bulgarians…
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Sixth Isonzo | Boselli | Bissolati
Sixth Isonzo | Boselli | Bissolati
Romania Negotiations for bringing Romania into the war have finally concluded, to the alleged satisfaction of all parties. I’m far from convinced. After a little subterfuge, everyone seems to think they’ve got either what they wanted or what they can easily renege on, and the papers have been officially signed. General Joffre’s somewhat exasperated verdict on the negotiations: “a web of…
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Preparing for Flers-Courcelette | 15 Aug 1916
Preparing for Flers-Courcelette | 15 Aug 1916
Battle of Flers-Courcelette Deep, long-suffering sigh. For reasons that we’ll get into in a moment, General Haig has decided that now is the time to begin preparing one more great heave at the Battle of the Somme. The Germans are apparently out of men. The French aren’t getting anywhere south of Guillemont. Time for an operations order; it goes on at some length, but here’s the important bit. The…
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Mouquet Farm | 14 Aug 1916
Mouquet Farm | 14 Aug 1916
Mouquet Farm The march towards Mouquet Farm continues for the 4th Australian Division at the Battle of the Somme. They’ve almost done their job too well at this point. They’re butting into the trenches that directly defend the farm. Over the last four days they’ve worked their way a mile down from the Windmill Hill at Pozieres, and irritated General von Gallwitz so much that he’s going to go into…
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Albatros | Nieuport | SPAD | 13 Aug 1916
Albatros | Nieuport | SPAD | 13 Aug 1916
Battle of Bitlis About a week too late, Mustafa Kemal’s corps has finally been given permission to get into the Endres Valley. Having done so, they’ve blundered straight into an enemy rifle division, fresh from some rather dull garrison duty in Erzurum. The Third Army’s advance is about to come to an extremely undignified halt. Like many things in the Caucasus theatre, this was not in the…
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Haig's joke | Flora Sandes | 12 Aug 1916
Haig’s joke | Flora Sandes | 12 Aug 1916
Battle of Romani Time to close up shop in Egypt for the forseeable future. The Ottomans have lost just about two-thirds of their force. General von Kressenstein has had enough; he’s ordering a full-scale retreat back across the desert to Arish. Even if anyone on the other side might have wanted to chase him, they simply don’t have the water. There have been plans made to pipe water forward from…
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Mouquet Farm | Contalmaison | 11 Aug 1916
Mouquet Farm | Contalmaison | 11 Aug 1916
Battle of the Somme Problem: To dislodge the Germans from Thiepval, Reserve Army needs to push north-west from Pozieres and threaten their rear. Just over a mile down the hill, Mouquet Farm links two strong German Second Line redoubts. So now, having had their fill of attacking uphill, they’re going to get a chance to attack downhill. Can’t attack Mouquet Farm without jumping-off positions, after…
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Joffre and Haig | Tanks | 10 Aug 1916
Joffre and Haig | Tanks | 10 Aug 1916
Sixth Isonzo The Italian Army is now, three days too late, pulling its collective finger out for a jolly good bash at the Austro-Hungarians’ reserve positions behind Gorizia. General Boroevic’s reserves have now finally arrived from their billets far behind the line; the defenders are firmly installed. After a brief period of excitement, we’re now back in exactly the same situation we’ve been in…
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Air bombing | First Doiran | 9 Aug 1916
Air bombing | First Doiran | 9 Aug 1916
Sixth Isonzo There is one area of war in which the Italians are unquestionably world leaders. This is in long-range bombing missions against the enemy’s road and rail infrastructure. Today they prove it by launching what I’m pretty sure is the largest ever single bombing raid to this point. 58 of their excellent Caproni heavy bombers take flight today, with an escort of Nieuport fighters that far…
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