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An excellent thread from a history professor on Twitter, telling the story behind the cuirass of Antoine Faveau, who was killed at Waterloo.
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An excellent thread from a history professor on Twitter, telling the story behind the cuirass of Antoine Faveau, who was killed at Waterloo.
Belgian War Dogs Discharged
The Washington Herald OTD Aug 3 1919
Brussels, Aug. 2.Ten thousand dogs of war are being demobilized. They're the real dogs that aided the allies as dispatch bearers, watch dogs and staff dogs. And every one of these dogs is honored with a military livery bearing service stripes. Some of the dogs will go back to their owners, who loaned them for the duration of the war.
A big industrial firm has asked for 300 of them. Others will stay in military service. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will adopt the less fortunate, those recovered from wounds of battle, and will see that they have homes for life.
Aug 20 1914 During the retreat to Antwerp, a Belgian official photographer takes this photo, IWM Q 81728, of Belgian Carabiniers with dog drawn machine gun carts moving up to oppose the advancing Imperial German Army.
20 August 1914-08-20
Carabiniers of the Second French Empire in undress and full dress uniforms
The breastplate of carabinier, 23 years old Antoine Fraveau, struck and killed by a canonball. June, 1815, serving Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo.
HELMET AND OFFICER CUIRASS OF CARABINIERS, MODEL 1810, FIRST EMPIRE
Grande Armée - 1st_Regiment_of_Carabiniers
Galerie: Parking des Carabiniers sur Agence Photo Imatext
Wavre. Le parking des Carabiniers © Imatext
Venise : dix agresseurs criant « Free Palestine » lynchent un couple de touristes juifs américains
L’agression brutale d’un couple de touristes juifs américains à Venise a choqué l’Italie et l’Europe. Entourés par une dizaine d’assaillants scandant « Free Palestine », les deux visiteurs ont été roués de coups en pleine rue. Trois suspects ont été arrêtés, dont deux d’origine tunisienne immédiatement dénoncés par les Carabiniers. Les faits Selon Simone Venturini, adjoint au maire de Venise…