Category Archives: 1918 – The Advance East

‘How It Feels To Be Shot’

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Magicfingers

‘Then there came a crash. It sounded to me like someone had dropped a glass bottle into a porcelain bathtub. A barrel of whitewash tipped over and it seemed that everything in the world turned white.’ 

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Le Verguier & Maissemy – Two Stories of 1918

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Magicfingers

Just a few photos of rolling hills this post.  And two stories, one of defence, and one of attack. 

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The Battle of the St. Quentin Canal & the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line – 29th September 1918

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Magicfingers

The road signs point to places with famous names to those with an interest in the Great War; St. Quentin one way, Cambrai the other, names that speak of the latter months of the war and the final Allied advance … Continue reading →

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German Dispositions at Ledeghem, Summer 1918

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Magicfingers

As we are looking at maps, and having read Filip’s comment on the previous post, this extract from a map dated 11th September 1918, a month or so before the British would capture the village, shows German dispositions in and … Continue reading →

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The Advance East Part Five – Moorseele Military Cemetery

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Magicfingers

Just a few minutes drive east from Ledegem, Moorseele Military Cemetery is another burial ground now rather incongruously surrounded by a modern housing estate.

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The Advance East Part Four – Kezelberg Military Cemetery

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Magicfingers

About a mile south of Ledegem another small cemetery provides a last resting place for some of the final casualties of a long war.

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The Advance East Part Three – Ledeghem Military Cemetery

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Magicfingers

The weather is foul, the roads are closed (cycle race), and Baldrick is not in one of his better moods.  Still, we’re here, so I suggest we head for the centre of town and find our way to the cemetery … Continue reading →

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