The clock seems to have stopped ticking on the 1st of August 1914, here.
Despite a good, solid start to this project, German mobilisation has languished for a couple of months – family, work and a return to study have more than filled my waking hours.
However, I'm pleased to report some progress. In a flurry of recent activity two regiments of the German 18th Division have rolled into the marshalling area.
Alas, just some quick iPhone shots ...
I'm onto artillery next, have a bit of a break from the infantry.
One of the benefits of a return to study at my old university is I get to visit a great antiquarian bookshop that was once a regular haunt of mine -
Bradstreet's Books.
I managed to pick up an interesting title: John Laffin, Panorama of the Western Front.
From Amazon:
In 1916 the French illustrator Georges Malfroy decided to produce a series of panoramic views of the entire western front from the english channel to the Swiss border. It was designed to give people an idea of where their children/loved ones were fighting and so they could make sense of the names mentioned in newspapers. He put together his illustrations from topographical survey maps, ariel photos and extensive personal travels to different areas of the front
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http://www.amazon.com/Panorama-Western-Front-John-Laffin/dp/1856279014)
Not a bad little volume - I know there is a collection of ariel photographs of the Western Front been published recently, just out of my price range at the moment. I
