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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #300 on: October 04, 2018, 12:43:09 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, October 4, 1918.

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Bridge across the Canal at La Bassee, blown up before German retirement, 4 October 1918. The town was taken over by the 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (55th Division) previous afternoon.
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A shell bursting in the ruins of Lens, 4 October 1918. The town was abandoned by Germans on 2 October 1918 and taken over by the British 58th Division.
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Unidentified British official cameraman in the ruins of Lens, 4 October 1918.
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View of the ruins of La Bassee from a German observation post, 4 October 1918. The town was taken over by the 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (55th Division) previous afternoon.
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Royal Engineers of the 58th Division clearing a road in the ruins of Lens, 4 October 1918. The town was abandoned by Germans on 2 October 1918 and taken over by the British 58th Division.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #301 on: October 04, 2018, 01:38:29 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Grand Forks (North Dakota) Herald, October 4, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #302 on: October 05, 2018, 01:40:27 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, October 5, 1918.

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Ruins of the church at Lens, 5 October 1918.
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The waters of the River Lys invading Armentieres after the flood brought about by the retreating Germans, 5 October 1918.
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A wrecked cemetery near Gavrelle, 5 October 1918. The town, evacuated by the Germans and occupied by the 51st Division on 27 August, was taken over by 8th Division immediately afterwards.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #303 on: October 05, 2018, 07:57:24 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Grand Forks (North Dakota) Herald, October 4, 1918.

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It is spreading....

Interestingly the longer one served in the military, regardless of country, the mortality of the flu was less. Theories say that the mixing etc helped protect them before it really became virulent whereas populations back home(s) and new recruits had no, or little, defense against the "Spanish" flu and thus higher mortality.

The flu killed far more people than the actual War did. In India alone more people died from the flu than the total number of people in the War worldwide.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #304 on: October 06, 2018, 01:10:39 AM »
It is spreading....

Interestingly the longer one served in the military, regardless of country, the mortality of the flu was less. Theories say that the mixing etc helped protect them before it really became virulent whereas populations back home(s) and new recruits had no, or little, defense against the "Spanish" flu and thus higher mortality.

The flu killed far more people than the actual War did. In India alone more people died from the flu than the total number of people in the War worldwide.

Yes, it is interesting to see that the press is finally coming around to reporting the severity of the disease.  At first they tried to put the kibosh on any panic by saying that not too many people were succumbing to it, but now, due to the numbers, they are announcing quarantines and such.

Here is another clipping from the Library of Congress and the October 6, 1918 issue of the Rogue River (Oregon) Courier.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #305 on: October 06, 2018, 06:55:57 PM »
Yes, it is interesting to see that the press is finally coming around to reporting the severity of the disease.  At first they tried to put the kibosh on any panic by saying that not too many people were succumbing to it, but now, due to the numbers, they are announcing quarantines and such.

Here is another clipping from the Library of Congress and the October 6, 1918 issue of the Rogue River (Oregon) Courier.

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There was an interesting phenomena with this flu in that it was the most devastating but, then, decades later was hardly ever talked about. Almost "forgotten" in normal society, history, etc apparently. I'm not sure about medical circles etc but in normal places I don't recall hearing about it during discussions about WWI in school, at least through HS. Why? WWs talked about, Depression talked about, but not the flu? Fear? Wanting to forget? Over shadowed by wars which are "easier" to talk about? Recently (a few decades or so) it has been brought back up due to SARS, Ebola, and the flu vaccine push. And some "theories" ranging about the flu helping to end the war (so many young people and folks getting it) and also helping to "cause" WWII because Wilson was infected and allowed the French to go super-hard Versailles? Who knows, interesting theories.

http://admin.cambridge.org/academic/subjects/history/twentieth-century-american-history/americas-forgotten-pandemic-influenza-1918-2nd-edition

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #306 on: October 06, 2018, 07:09:14 PM »
100 years ago my penis didn't exist yet.  Hahahahahaha  fuck, I can't believe how much I rule!

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #307 on: October 06, 2018, 08:18:39 PM »
There was an interesting phenomena with this flu in that it was the most devastating but, then, decades later was hardly ever talked about. Almost "forgotten" in normal society, history, etc apparently. I'm not sure about medical circles etc but in normal places I don't recall hearing about it during discussions about WWI in school, at least through HS. Why? WWs talked about, Depression talked about, but not the flu? Fear? Wanting to forget? Over shadowed by wars which are "easier" to talk about? Recently (a few decades or so) it has been brought back up due to SARS, Ebola, and the flu vaccine push. And some "theories" ranging about the flu helping to end the war (so many young people and folks getting it) and also helping to "cause" WWII because Wilson was infected and allowed the French to go super-hard Versailles? Who knows, interesting theories.

http://admin.cambridge.org/academic/subjects/history/twentieth-century-american-history/americas-forgotten-pandemic-influenza-1918-2nd-edition

You are right, one doesn't hear about the 1918 flu all that much.  Every once in awhile during flu season, somebody will predict an influenza epidemic that will rival the one of 1918 but thankfully, (so far, anyway) they have been wrong.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #308 on: October 07, 2018, 01:06:19 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, October 7, 1918.

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The canal in ruined Merville, 7 October 1918.
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Interior of the ruined church at Merville, 7 October 1918.
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Indian troops of the 7th Meerut Division washing transport horses at the mouth of the Nahr el-Kelb (Dog River), October 1918.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #309 on: October 07, 2018, 01:41:45 AM »

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #310 on: October 07, 2018, 01:56:22 AM »
Recorded on July 22, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #311 on: October 07, 2018, 05:50:55 PM »


Thought this was very cool from YouTube. Maybe some NYC EllGabbers can verify a bit.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #312 on: October 07, 2018, 06:47:52 PM »


Thought this was very cool from YouTube. Maybe some NYC EllGabbers can verify a bit.
Nice. So funny, because I just think Buster Keaton due to the hats. Which were discussed here some ways back (there were attacks, and near riots, over hats and seasonal wearing of same once.)

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #313 on: October 09, 2018, 12:27:15 AM »


Thought this was very cool from YouTube. Maybe some NYC EllGabbers can verify a bit.

Thanks for posting here, Jayze.   

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #314 on: October 09, 2018, 01:04:14 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, October 9, 1918.

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Battle of St. Quentin Canal. Troops going forward in Albion lorries near Joncourt, 9 October 1918.
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A pictorial appeal (Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe 35 ID) for the war loan painted on a wall in the square at Brancourt by the 35th German Infantry Division, 9 October 1918.
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Capture of Cambrai by the British 57th Division. A patrol of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in a burning street in the southern suburbs of Cambrai, 9 October 1918.
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Capture of Cambrai by the British 57th Division. Soldiers of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment wearing pickelhaubes which they found whilst on patrol in Cambrai, 9 October 1918.
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