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Ireland’s Wars: Loos
In the aftermath of the failed offensives of earlier in 1915, and as thousands of Allied troops were fighting and dying in the futile Gallipoli effort, the British and French armies made one more attempt to force a breakthrough on … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, britain, French, germany, history, ireland, irish guards, london irish, loos, royal munster fusiliers, war, western front, world war one
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Ireland’s Wars: The Gallipoli Landings
In the run-up to the First World War, both the Entente and the Central Powers vied for the support of the Ottoman Empire, the massive political structure that nominally dominated Turkey and the Middle-East. In reality, the Ottoman’s had been … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, dardanelles, gallipoli, germany, history, ireland, ottomans, royal dublin fusiliers, royal inniskilling fusiliers, royal munster fusiliers, russia, suvla bay, turkey, v beach, war, x beach
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Ireland’s Wars: Second Ypres, Second Artois
For the BEF and the Irish regiments, the winter of 1914/15 was a miserable enough time. First Ypres had been a grinder: nearly 75% of the overall force were casualties. The famous truce passed quickly, and was only observed in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, bef, dublin fusiliers, france, French, gas, germany, history, ireland, royal irish regiment, royal irish rifles, second artois, second ypres, war
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Ireland’s Wars: To The Trenches
The Battle of the Marne, known also as the “miracle of the Marne”, took place between 6th and 10th September 1914. The battle is primarily known as a French and German one in popular remembrance, the clash of arms wherein … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, aisne, bef, connaught rangers, first world war, first ypres, French, germany, history, ireland, irish fusiliers, irish regiments, leinsters, marne, munsters, royal irish regiment, royal irish rifles, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Great Retreat
In the aftermath of Mons, and the larger “Battle of the Frontiers”, the Allied forces of Britain and France (and Belgium, technically) were in full retreat. Sir John French’s BEF had held the Germans up for the better part of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, connaught rangers, etreux, first world war, france, germany, great retreat, history, ireland, la cateau, mons, royal irish rifles, royal munster fusiliers, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Mons
The early days of the war in Europe, for the men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) anyway, were a helter-skelter affair of rapid mobilisation, a boat ride across the Irish Sea or English Channel and a march through the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, bef, belgium, france, French, history, ireland, mons, royal irish dragoons, royal irish regiment, royal irish rifles, von kluck, war, world war one
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