I still play the pipes that saved my great-grandfather's life in WW1
During the recovery of bodies following the Battle of Marne in France in 1914, his pipes were accidentally set off, alerting ...
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Battle of the Marne: 6-10 September 1914
The First Battle of the Marne marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare that was to characterise World War One. Germany's grand Schlieffen Plan to ...
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Now + Then: The Miracle on the Marne
NOW: Ukraine and Russia are locked in a bloody, frustrating trench war, stalemated for years after the attempt to blitz ...
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I still play the pipes that saved my great-grandfather's life in WW1
During the recovery of bodies following the Battle of Marne in France in 1914, his pipes were accidentally set off, alerting fellow soldiers that he was still alive. More than 110 years later ...