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Hace 3 días · In the September of 1904, the British Army carried out a full-scale amphibious assault on the seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea. Yes, you read that right. The invasion of the town saw approximately 12,000 men of the First Army Corps wade ashore with some 3,000 horses and sixty guns behind them. Of course, even though they landed on the Essex coast ...
Hace 4 días · John French, 1st earl of Ypres, field marshal who commanded the British army on the Western Front between August 1914, when World War I began, and December 17, 1915, when he resigned under pressure and was succeeded by General (afterward Field Marshal) Douglas Haig.
Hace 4 días · The Third Battle of Ypres (German: Dritte Flandernschlacht; French: Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Dutch: Derde Slag om Ieper ), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele ( / ˈpæʃəndeɪl / ), was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire. [a] The battle took place on the Western Front, from July to ...
Hace 5 días · While Bayswater Road was gradually taken over for flats or hotels, including the former home of Field-Marshal Sir John French, earl of Ypres (1852-1925), at no. 94 Lancaster Gate, the main north-south avenues still had distinguished residents.
Hace 5 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 3 días · The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse.
Hace 3 días · In 1322 John Earl of Richmond was taken prisoner by the Scots, and only released two years later, when a heavy ransom was exacted. In 1325–6 he seems to have given up the cause of Edward II as hopeless. Having been sent on an embassy to France, he ignored the king's summons to return and make a report.
