Free Time In The Battles - Final Edition of HTSTW

THIS IS THE FOURTEENTH AND FINAL EDITION OF HOW TO SURVIVE TRENCH WARFARE.THIS BLOG WAS INITIALLY FOR MY HISTORY TEACHER, MS. BONNIE JONES. BUT SINCE THE CREATION OF THIS BLOG I HAVE GOT MORE THAN NINETY VIEWS ...FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. PICTURED ABOVE IS A MAP OF THE AUDIENCE THAT I GOT. I WANT TO THANK ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO HAS READ THIS BLOG.

TARYAK HUSSAIN (WRITER OF H.T.S.T.W)

When Soldiers weren't fighting there were very few things they could do but they had the honour to do these things:

Eat, clean their weapon, write home, sleep. 

do guard or lookout duty, patrol no-mans land, play cards. try to keep dry.

units would be rotated out of the lines and placed in reserve every few weeks.

Thank You For Reading H.T.S.T.W.

10 Years Later - The Major Battles - The Battle of the Marne

On September 4, 1914, the rapid progresses of the German army through Belgium and northern France caused panic in the French army and troops were rushed from Paris in taxis to halt the advance. Combined with the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) the Germans were eventually halted and the War settled into the familiar defensive series of entrenchment's.
Ironically, by the end of May, 1918, the Germans had again reached the Marne after the enormous successes of Ludendorff's offensives of that year. The intervening four years had cost hundreds of thousands of lives and the armies were still, literally, exactly where they had started.

This is a adequately short summary of The Battle Of The Marne.

Retired Field Marshall Alfred Baptiste Laurent.

10 Years Later - The Major Battles - The Battle of Verdun

The Battle of Verdun was a ten-month-long tussle between Germany and my half-native France (Alfred is half-native because his mother is French and his father is a British entrepreneur). This battle was considered one of the most brutal of the First World War.

The German attack began on February 21, 1916 with an intense artillery bombardment of the forts surrounding Verdun. The French army retreated to predetermined/prediscussed positions while the German army pounded through the French lines. On February 25 1916, Fort Douaumont, near Verdun, surrendered to German forces. On that same day, General Joseph Joffre, the French Commander and Chief, dedicated to ceasing further French retreat, assigned General Henri Philippe Petain to command the French army at Verdun. Petain fought with the motto " Ils ne passeront pas," which means, "They shall not pass!" While the exhausted German army was lingering at Fort Douaumont, Petain restructured his troops and transported reserves to the region continuously.

After about ten months, in November, three forts had been reclaimed by France and the French Army returned to their original positions.

That is a summary of the Battle of Verdun

Retired Field Marshall Alfred Baptiste Laurent

10 Years Later - The Major Battles - Introduction

It's 1928, 10 years since the end of what they named The First World War and Retired Field Marshall Alfred Baptiste Laurent is meeting a group of Young British Soldiers.

The next edition of this guide will look into the major battles of 'The First World War'

Retired FM. Alfred Baptiste Laurent

Weaponry and Artillery - Part II

This edition of the guide will focus on how to avoid injury and death. Specifically, on how to avoid Poison Gas.

Poison Gas will probably be one of the most feared weapons in this war. Here are some tips to avoid it

•  When we are due to be attacked a bell will be rang.
• Carry your gas mask with you at all times
• BE AWARE.
• Take care of yourself.

That is all you should keep in your head for a long time.

FM. Alfred Baptiste Laurent.

Weaponry and Artillery - Part II Introduction

This version of 'Weaponry and Artillery' will show you how to avoid injury and death.

Hello Soldiers.
                         As I have written in the small print above, this edition of of my guide for British and French Soldiers is going to show you how to avoid injury and death, specifically Poison Gas, which is deadly.

This Is Just an Introdction.

FM. Alfred Baptiste Laurent.

Weaponry and Artillery - Part I

Hello Again.

                      You will need to defend yourself and your country, soldiers. That is why you joined the army, Am I right?

Some of the weapons and equipment we have been funded and you will use are:

A Bolt Action Rifle   

A Machine Gun         

Poisonous, Gaseous Substances

A Zeppelin aka. Blimp          

Tanks         

Planes

Torpedoes

That's All for Today.

FM. Alfred Baptiste ;Laurent

Drink In The War

Hello.
         Drink in the war is limited. You will get a limited amount of liquid to survive. This is how much is estimated you will get of various drinks:

You will get:

• 1/2 gill of rum
• 5/8 oz of tea
• 1 pint of porter instead of rum
• And that's it!

This is the daily ration of fluid you will get.

Today was just drink and that is all you get daily. Consider this a luxury, soldiers. Some (people) die of hunger.

FM. Alfred Baptiste Laurent.

Food - How To Survive Trench Warfare by (Field Marshall) Alfred Baptiste Laurent

Hello!
           Food at times should be considered a luxury for you soldiers. I'm not going to lie, it will be hard to find food so I put together this chart which contains the expected rations you will get.

20 ounces of bread	1/10 gill lime if vegetables not issued
16 ounces of flour instead of above	½ gill of rum
3 ounces of cheese	maximum of 20 ounces of tobacco
5/8 ounces of tea	1/3 chocolate – optional
4 ounces of jam	4 ounces of oatmeal instead of bread
½ ounce of salt	1 pint of porter instead of rum
1/36 ounce of pepper	4 ounces of dried fruit instead of jam
1/20 ounce of mustard	4 ounces of butter/margarine
8 ounces of fresh vegetables or	2 ounces of dried vegetables

Yes, I know it is very less but you should be very happy with what you get.

The next chapter of this guide will be about what you will drink.

FM. Alfred Baptiste Laurent.

Food - The Introduction

Hello Soldiers.
                         This very minimum chapter of the guide is to say that the next chapter is about FOOD! 

By the way, I want to notify you that I have been promoted to Field Marshall.

FM Alfred Baptiste Laurent

Diseases and Dangers You Will Face - Part II

Hello Again, Soldiers.
                                     As I told you in my last version of this guide, I will continue my Dangers and Diseases guide.

I want to start by talking about Trench Foot, a disease that may affect your feet when rain will pour down. Trench Foot is a disease that 'Blows Up' your feet.

When the soil mixes with water, the mixture fills up trenches and it becomes virtually impossible to walk around. The mixture fills up the the space in your footwear and the germs and bacteria turns your feet into this disgusting,ugly sight:

You will have no choice but to suffer this.

I will not go into too much detail about this:

When soldiers died, they were buried where they fell, because there was no time to thoroughly bury the bodies. And bodies would rise out of the soil because of the rain. Bodies would be eat by rats and they would decay.

This is a 2nd installment on Dangers and Diseases, there may be a third.

Good Day.

Cmdr. Alfred Baptiste Laurent