28th August 1914
The Battle of Heligoland had begun, John French has evactuated Amiens, The 3rd day of the Battle of Tannenberg has begun.
The Battle of Heligoland was the first naval battle of the war, fought between Brtain and Germany in the North Sea. The battle started when the British attacked German patrol boats off of the northwest German coast. The loss of life and weapons was high - Brtain lost 35 men killed with a further 55 wounded and one light cruiser was heavily damaged. Germany lost 712 men killed, 149 men wounded with a further 335 men being captured as prisoners of war. Also lost were three light cruisers sunk, two torpedo boats sunk, one destroyer sunk with a further three destroyers heavily damaged, one light cruiser heavily damaged and two light cruisers moderately damaged.
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Thursday, 28 August 2014
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Life AT War - Day by Day
14th August 1914
British Field Marshal John French and General Wilson have landed in France.
John French, at the outbreak of war, had been given command of the British Expeditionary Force but due to his erratic performance, in 1915 he was to be replaced by Haig. John was sent home for the remainder of the war but was given command of the British Home Front. Sir John French survived the war and died in 1925.
General Wilson was John's most important advisor throughout 1914. Unfortunately his poor relations with John's replacement Haig meant that he was often sidelined and was left out of the decision making through the middle war years. In 1917 Wilson became military advisor to the Prime Minister David Lloyd George. After the war, he became a security advisor to the Northern Ireland Government. Sir Henry Hughes Wilson was assassinated on his own doorstep by two IRA gunmen in 1922. He had been returning home after unveiling a war memorial at Liverpool Street Station. He had six wounds, two of them fatal.
British Field Marshal John French and General Wilson have landed in France.
John French, at the outbreak of war, had been given command of the British Expeditionary Force but due to his erratic performance, in 1915 he was to be replaced by Haig. John was sent home for the remainder of the war but was given command of the British Home Front. Sir John French survived the war and died in 1925.
General Wilson was John's most important advisor throughout 1914. Unfortunately his poor relations with John's replacement Haig meant that he was often sidelined and was left out of the decision making through the middle war years. In 1917 Wilson became military advisor to the Prime Minister David Lloyd George. After the war, he became a security advisor to the Northern Ireland Government. Sir Henry Hughes Wilson was assassinated on his own doorstep by two IRA gunmen in 1922. He had been returning home after unveiling a war memorial at Liverpool Street Station. He had six wounds, two of them fatal.
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