Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President visited the Mazargues War Cemetery in Marseilles today (February 12). The ...

The mayor of Lleida, Fèlix Larrosa, recently visited the archaeological restoration laboratory at the University of Lleida ...

They were designated for use as trench guns, riot guns ... a ventilated heat shroud over the barrel, a bayonet mount, and swivel studs for a sling. When Ithaca began filling the orders as the ...

They were designated for use as trench guns, riot guns ... a ventilated heat shroud over the barrel, a bayonet mount, and swivel studs for a sling. When Ithaca began filling the orders as the ...

Woman as Hazan: I suggested digging a trench under the barbed wire fence ... My job was to make them into bayonets by honing them on all 4 sides. We produced homemade mines and hand grenades.

Ryan organised and led an attack on the Germans with bombs and bayonets. His small party killed three Germans, then he single-handedly rushed the remainder and drove them back. He was badly wounded in ...

With bayonets fixed, the vanguard lurched forward through the ... Bodies in the shallow trenches lay three deep, many of them without heads or limbs. This trench on Spion Kop became a mass grave for ...

Krieg Command Squads are led by representatives of the Officio Prefectus, most commonly a high-ranking Commissar, assisted by a retinue of veterans and junior officers. They lead from the front and ...

As the supporting artillery barrage began, MacGregor jumped out of his trench and charged forward ... and, with rifle and bayonet, single-handed, put the enemy crews out of action, killing four and ...

with the bayonet, the battalion's only Victoria Cross. In September 1916 the battalion was moved to Belgium where they served in and out of the front lines near Ypres. There, they were involved in ...