Tag Archives: 1915

Ireland’s Wars: Mesopotamia And The Siege Of Kut

Posted on Oct 10, 2017 by NFB

If there is a forgotten campaign of the First World War, a forgotten army on par with the forces that fought for the Allies in Burma a few decades later, it may very well be those forces that fought in … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Macedonian Front And Kosturino

Posted on Oct 3, 2017 by NFB

The First World War had begun on the borders of Serbia and Austria-Hungary, even if, in the aftermath of the Great Powers all throwing their lot in, that theatre of the war had become almost a sideshow in comparison to … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Loos

Posted on Sep 19, 2017 by NFB

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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Ireland’s Wars: The Gallipoli Debacle

Posted on Sep 12, 2017 by NFB

The established Irish regiments of the British Army had been battered and bloodied in the Gallipoli landings, with the larger effort floundering on isolated beachheads, that soon closer resembled the trenches of the western front than the more mobile affair … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Gallipoli Landings

Posted on Sep 5, 2017 by NFB

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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Ireland’s Wars: Second Ypres, Second Artois

Posted on Aug 29, 2017 by NFB

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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Revolutionary Remembrance: Thomas Smart

Posted on Oct 13, 2014 by NFB

As per my statement in the last entry under this heading, I thought that I would follow through and look at some of those witness statements from the Bureau of Military History. Very simple methodology to find the entry: A … Continue reading →

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