1915-17 Battle of Aubers Ridge 09 May 1915

The infamous Shell Crisis of 1915 combined with British inability to learn while the Germans do just that.

1915 (Published 07/15/2022)

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Research links:

Internet Sources:

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aubers
• First World War.Com https://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/aterritorialinthesalient.htm
• The Western Front Association: https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/aubers-ridge-9-may-1915-the-unpleasant-truth/
• Rememberance Trails: http://www.remembrancetrails-northernfrance.com/history/battles/the-battle-of-aubers-ridge-9-may-1915.html
• Long Long Trail: https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/battles/battles-of-the-western-front-in-france-and-flanders/the-battle-of-aubers/
• Wartimes Memory Project: https://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/battles/view.php?pid=7590
• The First World War East Sussex: http://www.eastsussexww1.org.uk/aubers-ridge/index.html

NEWSPAPERS (all newspapers retrieved from https://newspapers.com)

• (1915, May 13) “On the Aubers Ridge” The Times (London, Greater London, England), pp.26
• (1915,May 13) “The British Position in Northern France: Fight for Auburs Ridge”. The Staffordshire Sentinel Daily and Weekly (Stone-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England), pp. 4. 
• (1915, May 14) “Violent Artillery Bombardment of the British Front” Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette (Exeter, Devon, England), pp. 16. 
• (1915, May 13)”Fight for Auburs Ridge”, The Staffordshire Sentinel Daily and Weekly (Stone-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England), pp. 2
• (1915, May 12)”The Greatest Battle On”, The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri, USA), pp. 1.

Books/Visual Imagery

• Buchan, John, Nelson’s History of the War Volume 1 Aslan Press 2008 
• Keegan, John, The First World War, Vintage 2012 Kindle
• William Barnes Wollen’s painting of Lt. Hugh Niven leading the defense of Frezenberg Ridge after his superior officers were all killed or wounded today. 

Music:

• Ich hatte’ einen Kamraden – Deutsch- Oesterreichisches militär potpourri. Victor, Camden, New Jersey, 1915. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox.1993.

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