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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #225 on: September 16, 2018, 11:57:05 AM »
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #226 on: September 16, 2018, 02:11:21 PM »
I am about to ascend to Elluminati status.   I wanted it to happen here.

Well thanks, Walks.  I'm honored that you picked this thread.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #227 on: September 17, 2018, 12:55:37 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 17, 1918.

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Remains of Lieutenant Junor's BE 12 aeroplane. On 16 September 1918, Lt Junor of the Royal Flying Corps was tasked with providing air cover while Arab forces under the command of T E Lawrence attempted to destroy the Yarmuk section of the Hejaz Railway. Junor successfully diverted the attention of Turkish aircraft. When he returned "still alive, though attended on three sides by enemy machines, spitting bullets", Junor made a crash landing and escaped from the aircraft just before a Turkish aircraft dropped a bomb on it.
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Cavalry on manoeuvres crossing the Authie River, Auxi-le-Chateau, 17th September 1918. Note Hotchkiss Gun Tripod on pack horse.
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A notice displayed in the centre of the town of Amiens, 17 September 1918. Notice reads: "SOLDIERS. It is your duty to respect the property of our allies. Remember that their husbands and sons are fighting our common enemy. Would you like to think that your homes were being looted whilst you were at the front? PLAY THE GAME".
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Refugee woman sitting in a chair on a heap of ruins in Amiens, 17th September 1918.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #228 on: September 18, 2018, 12:51:25 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 18, 1918.

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45th Australian Battalion attacking the Hindenburg Line. Ascension Valley, near Le Verguier, 18 September 1918.
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Men of the 45th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force attacking the Hindenburg Line, near Le Verguier, Ascension Valley.
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A lorry of the 32nd Division crossing a temporary bridge just completed by the Royal Engineers in place of one which had been destroyed by the Germans, over the Somme at Monchy-Lagache, 18th September 1918.
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Battle of Epehy. A Dressing Station with British and German wounded in foreground (Note ambulance and Chaplain kneeling by a stretcher case) and 6-inch howitzer battery in action in the open in the background, 65th Field Ambulance, 21st Division, near Epehy, 18th September 1918.
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An incident at an advanced field dressing station during the recent allied push. A British padre saying a prayer over a dying German, near Epehy, 18th September 1918.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #229 on: September 18, 2018, 01:30:00 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Washington (DC) Times, September 18, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #230 on: September 19, 2018, 12:50:26 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 19, 1918.

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Sopwith Buffalo two-seat fighter/reconnaissance biplane. Serial number H5892. First experimental machine.
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Mines loaded on a light railway on their way to the quay at Inverness, 18 September 1918.
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Mines being loaded into barges for transport to minelayers at Inverness, 18 September 1918.
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American minelayer USS SHAWMUT at Inverness, 19 September 1918.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #231 on: September 20, 2018, 01:16:24 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 20, 1918.

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The Battle of Megiddo, 20 September 1918: Turkish carts and gun carriages destroyed by British aircraft on the Nablus-Beisan road.
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Mines on track launching deck of the American minelayer USS SAN FRANCISCO. North Sea, 20 September 1918.
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HMS VAMPIRE laying a smokescreen around the American minelayer USS SHAWMUT in the North Sea, 20 September 1918.
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #232 on: September 20, 2018, 01:36:18 AM »
From the Library of Congress, September 20, 1918.


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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #233 on: September 20, 2018, 05:50:54 PM »

From the Library of Congress, September 20, 1918.

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It's good to see that ol' Ev is still as fiery as ever.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #234 on: September 20, 2018, 06:09:55 PM »
It's good to see that ol' Ev is still as fiery as ever.

Ha, he sure is.  I like it when he sticks up for women and kids.  Earlier in the week he sent a guy to the hospital for not voting.  I don't care to see him go all overboard like that.  But if a guy is blowing cigar or cigarette smoke in his face, well, pound away.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #235 on: September 21, 2018, 12:30:36 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 21, 1918.

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A detachment of the Australian Light Horse Brigade, 5th Battalion, entering the town of Nablus, thirty miles north of Jerusalem, 21 September 1918. General Allenby's rapid advance in Palestine during the last year of the war and the destruction of two Turkish armies was due in no small measure to his strong cavalry force which included Indian, Australian and New Zealand troops.
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Flour carriers of an Australian Field Bakery at work. Heavy work but Australians make light of it. Australian Field Bakeries (South), Rouen, France.
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Bakers of an Australian Field Bakery at work. View of a section of the ovens - a batch being drawn. Rouen, France. Australian Field Bakeries (South).
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Bread being stacked to await packing at a Bread Store of an Australian Field Bakery. Rouen, France. Australian Field Bakeries (South).
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #236 on: September 21, 2018, 01:03:35 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, September 21, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #237 on: September 22, 2018, 12:57:26 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 22, 1918.

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Battle of Sharon. 131st Brigade, 60th Division, escorting 1200 prisoners taken by the Desert Mounted Corps, from Kerkur to Tul Keram, 22nd September 1918.
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The mixing machine in which the flour is mixed, blended and converted into dough at an Australian Field Bakery. Rouen, France. Australian Field Bakeries (North).
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A batch of bread being drawn from one of the ovens at an Australian Field Bakery. Rouen, France. Australian Field Bakeries (North).
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Section of bread store showing stacks of bread waiting to be packed at an Australian Field Bakery. Rouen, France. Australian Field Bakeries (North).
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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #238 on: September 22, 2018, 01:20:52 AM »
From the Library of Congress.  The Omaha Daily Bee, September 22, 1918.

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Re: The 100 Years Ago Thread
« Reply #239 on: September 22, 2018, 01:37:33 AM »
From the Imperial War Museum, September 13, 1918.

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