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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #210 on: September 12, 2018, 01:19:36 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Punta Gorda (Florida) Herald, September 12, 1918. 

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #211 on: September 13, 2018, 12:26:28 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 13, 1918.

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Troops of the 107th Infantry Regiment, American 27th Division following tanks near Beauquesnes, 13 September 1918. One platoon of infantry follows one tank.
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Wreckage of a German Hannover CL.IIIA biplane brought down in the British lines, near Inchy, 13 September 1918.
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Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line. German 7.7 cm (770 mm) FK 16 gun captured at Pronville and occasionally used by British gunners, 13 September 1918.
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Second Battle of Arras. A horse ambulance (2/3rd London Field Ambulance of the Royal Army Medical Corps) and a stranded tank (named Lucretia II 6012) rendered useless by gas in the attacks of 24 August, at the crossroads. Croisilles, 13 September 1918. (Captured by 56th Division on 28 August).
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Returned refugees in the ruins of Villers-Bretonneux, 13th September 1918.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #212 on: September 13, 2018, 12:46:16 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Kendrick (Idaho) Gazette September 13, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #214 on: September 13, 2018, 12:57:15 AM »

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #215 on: September 13, 2018, 01:19:48 AM »
Dick Haymes was born on September 13, 1918.



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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #216 on: September 14, 2018, 12:43:53 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 14, 1918.

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A French 194 mm naval gun on railway mounting near Dieulouard (Dieulwart), 14 September 1918.
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A British cyclist passing ruins of the Town Hall in Combles, 14 September 1918.
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Military lorries passing through ruins of the village of Combles, 14 September 1918.
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A German cemetery at Beaulencourt, 14 September 1918.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #217 on: September 14, 2018, 01:06:11 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Chicago Eagle, September 14, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #218 on: September 15, 2018, 12:38:33 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 15, 1918.

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A view of the ruins of Bethune including the Belfry, 15th September 1918.
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Cross-cutting contest at the Forestry Camp near Pont Remy, 15 September 1918.
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Sports at the Forestry Camp near Pont Remy, 15 September 1918.
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Log chopping contest at the Forestry Camp near Pont Remy in which Australia beat Great Britain Canada and New Zealand, 15 September 1918.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #219 on: September 15, 2018, 12:49:02 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 15, 1918.

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https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246941 © IWM (Q 11337)

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https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205238932 © IWM (Q 7077)

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https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205238934 © IWM (Q 7079)

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Quite shocking!
Cross-cutting shoulda been on real trees. Or if felled already higher up from dirt or efficiency!  But for war effort upright still. Then also can use tractors, dozers, or tanks to knock em down

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #220 on: September 15, 2018, 01:24:50 AM »
Quite shocking!
Cross-cutting shoulda been on real trees. Or if felled already higher up from dirt or efficiency!  But for war effort upright still. Then also can use tractors, dozers, or tanks to knock em down

Quite a number of trees around that forest camp.  They must have done a good job of dodging the high explosive shells.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #221 on: September 15, 2018, 01:28:37 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Bisbee (Arizona) Daily Review, September 15, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #222 on: September 15, 2018, 01:46:22 AM »
Comedian Nipsey Russell was born on September 15, 1918.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipsey_Russell

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Nipsey Russell in 1971.
By Unknown - Detroit News, ebay.com, front of photo, back of photo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29988778

Also, the first El Fenix Mexican restaurant opened in Dallas, Texas on September 15, 1918.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Fenix_(restaurant)

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El Fenix Restaurant in Downtown Dallas.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #223 on: September 16, 2018, 12:31:26 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 16, 1918.

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GHQ Signals in the ramparts of Montreuil, 16th September 1918.
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GHQ Signals in the ramparts of Montreuil, 16th September 1918.
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GHQ Signals in the ramparts of Montreuil, 16th September 1918.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #224 on: September 16, 2018, 01:02:25 AM »
From the Library of Congress, September 16, 1918.


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