The man who is marching in front of    me

Whistles a song that his neighbor    sings

A song that is far away from war:

I hum it too, and savour it.

Yet: to think of those killed yesterday!

But the man who has tripped

Between death's legs and then

Recovers himself and breathes again,

Can only laugh or only weep:

He has not the heart to mourn.

• 03/01/17 Zimmerman Telegram Released by British;
  
• 03/03/18 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed;
  
• 03/04/15 Flame Throwers First Used nr Verdun by Germans;
  
• 03/05/18 Initial Allied Troops Arrive N.Russia;
  
• 03/11/18 British Capture Baghdad;
  
• 03/14/15 Cruiser Dreseden Sunk off Chile;
  
• 03/14/16 Lafayette Escadrille Born;
  
• 03/15/15 Battle of Neuve-Chapelle Begins;
  
• 03/15/17 Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates;
  
• 03/18/15 Naval Assault on Dardanelles Fails;
  
• 03/21/18 1st Ludendorff Peace Offensive Launched;
  
• 03/22/15 Fortress of Przemsyl Falls.
  

	This Month's Special Feature France 1914-1918
Ordnance Harvest in French Field 1998!
Please visit: France at War The Best Internet Source in English on the French effort in World War I; It just happens to be operated by the Great War Society.

The typical World War I fighter plane had the ability to sustain about 50 seconds of machine gun fire.

They Recaptured Douaumont

VETERAN OF THE MONTH Nobel Laureate Marie Curie Mobile X-Ray Unit French Army Medical Service Click on Image for More Information

New Zealand has lost its last home-grown link to World War I with the death in Hastings of 105-year-old Bright Williams. Mr Williams was cut down by three Machine-gun bullets in the bloodbath at Passchendaele, Belgium, in 1917, and survived an operation in 1999 to remove the last shard of metal from his thigh. He was one of 41,317 New Zealanders wounded in the war, which claimed 16,692 lives from these shores - a 58 per cent casualty rate overall.

Two of the remaining Canadian Veterans have perished since our last issue. Lance Corporal Herb Baldwin, who has died at the age of 105, fought with the Canadian Army in the First World War and won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for an action at Hill 70 in August of 1917. The battle followed an earlier Canadian victory at Vimy Ridge, in which Baldwin also fought. Arthur Bennett Manson died in Vancouver in January, just two months short of his 104th birthday. Dr. Manson, who practised medicine for 50 years, crammed as much activity as he could into his long, full life. He was a labourer, a star baseball player, a celebrated football star known as "Bozo" Manson at McGill University, a respected physician, and a heck of a showoff.

GREAT WAR 2002/03 EVENT CALENDAR

Great War Society Eastbay Chapter WWI Bookshelf II: Bring Your Favorite Work 10:30 March 8, 2003; (link)

Great War Society Palo Alto Chapter Wilhelm Caneris in the Great War 10:30 March 15, 2003; (link)

WFA Front Range Branch Walter Zott on Building Museum-Quality WW I Aircraft Models. [Also Show & Tell] March 23, 2003; Castlerock, Colorado Contact Carl Barna, 303-463-1504 for information ...email

WFA-USA 2003 Ypres Salient Tour and Seminar Tuesday 8 April - 16 April 2003 Sorry, Full-Up! Details at: (link)

Great War Society Seminar 2003 The French Army, 1914-1918 April 11-13, 2003; San Francisco, California; Cathedral Hill Hotel Complete Program Now Available: (link)

WFA-USA East Coast Chapter Spring Seminar War Memorial Building, Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday April 26, 2003 Watch for details: (link)

WFA Tennessee–Kentucky Chapter Seminar Saturday June 14, 2003 The Indiana War Memorial 431 North Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN (link)

The League of World War I Aviation Historians Annual Meeting September 10-11, 2003; Dayton, Ohio; (link)

US Air Force Museum Great War Dawn Patrol Fly-In September 12-14, 2003; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; (link)

WFA-USA 2003 National Seminar Quantico, Virginia, US Marine Corps University, September 19-21, 2003 Details: (link)

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