This Day In WWI
LightNews LightNews
banner
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
This Day In WWI
@thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
330 followers 55 following 3K posts
Remembering WWI through interesting events that happened OTD during WWI.
Posts Replies Media Videos
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
The Seattle Star #OTD Nov 25 1915 People in war-torn Europe forced to eat cats as the food situation deteriorates. Whale steaks, artificial omelets, artificial butter, marmalade, and chemical honey are also found on the menu. www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... bsky.app/profile/this...
The Seattle Star #OTD Nov 25 1915 People in war-torn Europe forced to eat cats as the food situation deteriorates. Whale steaks, artificial omelets, artificial butter, marmalade, and chemical honey are also found on the menu. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87093407/1915-11-25/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.96,-0.004,2.932,1.335,0
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Nov 26 1919
Germanicure. Prussian military eagle:
"Not too short, please"
Nov 26 1919 Germanicure. Prussian military eagle: "Not too short, please"
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
HOME FRONT: Cover of monthly bulletin Nov 1918
La Lettura Nov 1918
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Nov 27 1918 "'In Honour of the British Navy. To Commemorate the Surrender of the German Fleet.'. This magazine print shows the triumphant figure of Britannia on a sea-horse emerging from the waves, with warships behind" collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/...
Nov 27 1918 "'In Honour of the British Navy. To Commemorate the Surrender of the German Fleet.'. This magazine print shows the triumphant figure of Britannia on a sea-horse emerging from the waves, with warships behind" http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/128327.html
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Chicago Tribune Nov 26 1915 prints this Frank King cartoon

Britain gets the short end

archives.chicagotribune.com/1915/11/26/p... bsky.app/profile/this...
Chicago Tribune Nov 26 1915 prints this Frank King cartoon Britain gets the short end http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1915/11/26/page/1
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Nov 27 1915 Illustrated London News - The Dastardly Work of the "U" Boat: Murder at Sea

Nov 27 1915 Sphere - Enemy aeroplanes attacking a British Steamer
bsky.app/profile/this...
Nov 27 1915 Illustrated London News - The Dastardly Work of the "U" Boat: Murder at Sea https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1915-11-27_147_3997/page/n6/mode/1up Nov 27 1915 Illustrated London News - The Dastardly Work of the "U" Boat: Murder at Sea https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1915-11-27_147_3997/page/n6/mode/1up
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Rock Island Argus Nov 27 1915 prints this Edgar F. Schilder cartoon www.loc.gov/resource/sn9... bsky.app/profile/this...
Rock Island Argus Nov 27 1915 prints this Edgar F. Schilder cartoon https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92053934/1915-11-27/ed-1/?sp=1
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Chicago Tribune Nov 27 1915

How a division of soldiers is provided with supplies
#logistics

archives.chicagotribune.com/1915/11/27/p... bsky.app/profile/this...
Chicago Tribune Nov 27 1915 How a division of soldiers is provided with supplies #logistics http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1915/11/27/page/4/article/how-division-of-soldiers-is-provided-with-supplies
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
The Daily Missoulian Nov 25 1914 prints this E. A. Bushnell cartoon predicting the Russian Revolution and some articles slamming Europe for not being civilized and Christian and not fighting with Christians. "Europe is soaked in blood because 'Church Christianity' is not 'Christ Christianity'"
The Daily Missoulian Nov 25 1914 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025316/1914-11-25/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.901,0,2.802,1.276,0 The Daily Missoulian Nov 25 1914 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025316/1914-11-25/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.901,0,2.802,1.276,0 "Europe is soaked in blood because 'Church Christianity' is not 'Christ Christianity'"
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Star-Independent Nov 25 1914 W.A Rogers cartoon about Uncle Sam welcoming Guest of Honour, Personification of Peace

Harrisburg Telegraph Nov 25 1914 US Gives Thanks it is not at war

Daily Missoulian Nov 26 1914 "With more than half the world at war, Uncle Sam gives thanks for Prosperity and Peace"
Harrisburg Telegraph Nov 25 1914 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038411/1914-11-25/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.292,-0.041,1.743,0.794,0 Daily Missoulian Nov 26 1914 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025316/1914-11-26/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-0.186,0.233,1.364,0.621,0
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Rock Island Argus on Nov 25 1914 Violinist Fritz Kreisler was honourably discharged from Austro-Hungarian Army after he was lanced by Cossack. American wife nursed him back to health, claims US nurses could do 20 times the work that European nurses could.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_K...
Rock Island Argus., November 25, 1914 Violinist kills a foe after being wounded New York, Nov. 25. Fritz Kreisler. Austrian violinist of note, who served as a lieutenant In the Third Kratz regiment, told today how he killed a Russian Cossack after being wounded by him In battle near Lemberg the night of Sept. 16 "While resisting a charge of Russian Cossacks," he said, "I was knocked down by a horse. As the rider passed over me he sank his lance into my right thigh. It caught in my coat, and before he could withdraw it I shot and killed him. "I lay in a trench for hours until I was found. I was nursed back to health by my wife in Vienna." Mrs. Kreisler, who arrived with her husband on the steamship Rotterdam, saw duty in German and Austrian Red Cross hospitals. American nurses, she said, could do twenty times the work that European nurses could. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053934/1914-11-25/ed-1/seq-1/ TIME Magazine Cover (2 Feb 1925)
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Omaha Daily Bee Nov 26 1914 In a West African port a German missionary tries to blow up HMS Dwarf "with an Infernal machine ... When questioned as to how such an action compatible with [him being a missionary] replied that he was a soldier first and a missionary afterwards." bsky.app/profile/this...
Omaha Daily Bee Nov 26 1914 "Soldier First Missionary Next London, Nov 25- A German tried to blow up the British gunboat Dwarf with an Infernal machine In a West African harbor recently, according to a report to the colonial office. It was discovered that he was a missionary. "When questioned as to how such an action compatible with his profession, says the report. " no replied that he was a soldier first and a missionary afterwards." https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1914-11-26/ed-1/seq-1/ https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=12305#v https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB1911_Ship_Fig._110_-_HMS_%27Dwarf%27.jpg
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
El Paso Herald Nov 26 1914 Germans claim Britain and Belgium conspired to trap them via "an Anglo-Belgian military convention ... Belgian general staff, Gen. Ducarme, made in 1906 [a secret treaty] with Col. Barnardiston, the British military attache." Planed collaboration of the allied armies
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot Nov 27 1914 "Holly War Proclamation is Issued - Moslem world to fight England, Russia, France." Signed by Sultan and 28 "Moslem Priests"

Seattle Star Dec 28 1914 Sheik, reading declaration of war

Washington Times Nov 27 1914 Sheik Ul Islam Upon head of the Mohammedans
Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot Nov 27 1914 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86088651/1914-11-27/ed-1/?sp=1&r=-1.262,0,3.518,1.602,0 Holly War Proclamation is Issued - Moslem world to fight England, Russia, France." Signed by Sultan and 28 "Moslem Priests" The Seattle Star Dec 28 1914 This photograph has just been received from Constantinople. It shows the high priest of the Mussulmans, Sheik-Ul-Islam. proclaiming the holy war in front of the Mosque of Faith. The sheik, reading the declaration of war, is surrounded by Turkish dignitaries. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1914-12-28/ed-1/seq-1/# Colourized by Julius Backman Jääskeläinen https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZizq4B6mm/ The Washington Times Nov 27 1914 Sheik Ul Islam Upon whose word, as head of the Mohammedan faith, depends the safety and lives of Christians in Turkey. Refugees fleeing from Turkey report grave danger even now to the Christians, and say that brigandage, murder, and atrocities are being committed against the Armenian Christians. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026749/1914-11-27/ed-1/?sp=1&r=0.102,0.476,0.352,0.16,0
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
The Daily Missoulian Nov 27 1914 prints this E. A. Bushnell cartoon:

Pray the neutral dykes will hold -- Bushnell

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025... bsky.app/profile/this...
The Daily Missoulian Nov 27 1914 prints this E. A. Bushnell cartoon: Pray the neutral dykes will hold -- Bushnell http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025316/1914-11-27/ed-1/seq-1/
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Daily Telegraph Nov 27 1914 reports on German spy Horst von der Goltz being arrested for taking the identity Bridgeman Taylor. In 1918, he published autobiography, "My Adventures as a German Secret Service Agent" bsky.app/profile/this...
Daily Telegraph Nov 27 1914 reports on German spy Horst von der Goltz being arrested for taking the identity Bridgeman Taylor. In 1918, he published autobiography, My Adventures as a German Secret Service Agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_von_der_Goltz Daily Telegraph Nov 27 1914 reports on German spy Horst von der Goltz being arrested for taking the identity Bridgeman Taylor. In 1918, he published autobiography, My Adventures as a German Secret Service Agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_von_der_Goltz https://www.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03106/Telegraph1914_2711_3106866a.pdf
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Daily Telegraph #OTD Nov 27 1914 prints this story that 58.4% of the German merchants marine has been captured, detained, & c compared to 2.9% of British Merchant Marine.
telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/a... bsky.app/profile/this...
Daily Telegraph #OTD Nov 27 1914 prints this story that 58.4% of the German merchants marine has been captured, detained, & c compared to 2.9% of British Merchant Marine. https://telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03106/Telegraph1914_2711_3106866a.pdf
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reposted by This Day In WWI
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Kentucky newspaper, The Public Ledger #OTD Nov 27 1915 publishes this photo with the caption: "Gathering up the victims of war - French and German dead soldiers gathered up on the field of battle and placed on a wagon to be carried to the place of burial" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038...
Kentucky newspaper, The Public Ledger #OTD Nov 27 1915 publishes this photo with the caption: "Gathering up the victims of war - French and German dead soldiers gathered up on the field of battle and placed on a wagon to be carried to the place of burial" https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038022/1915-11-27/ed-1/seq-1/#
November 27, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Reposted by This Day In WWI
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Seattle Star on Nov 27 1914 publishes picture of German soldiers maneuvering a huge “Caterpillar” 21 cm Mörser 10 siege gun into position during Siege of Antwerp. Partly due to these weapons battle lasted from #OTD Sep 28 – Oct 10 1914 (1 week and 5 days) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093...
Seattle Star on Nov 27 1914 publishes picture of German soldiers maneuvering a huge “Caterpillar” 21 cm Mörser 10 siege gun into position during Siege of Antwerp. Partly due to these weapons battle lasted from #OTD Sep 28 – Oct 10 1914 (1 week and 5 days) https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1914-11-27/ed-1/seq-1/
November 27, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by This Day In WWI
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Corpus Christi caller and Daily Herald #OTD Nov 27 1914 photo of "ancient fort and battlement, which is crumbling with age, is one of the fortifications about Constantinople depended on by the Turk to keep out the allies. Beyond the tower is" Constantinople
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088...
Corpus Christi caller and Daily Herald #OTD Nov 27 1914 publishes this photo of "This ancient fort and battlement, which is crumbling with age, is one of the fortifications about Constantinople depended on by the Turk to keep out the allies. Beyond the tower is the residential district of Constantinople." https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088527/1914-11-27/ed-1/seq-1/
November 27, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Reposted by This Day In WWI
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Nov 27 1915 British and French Soldiers Wearing their poison-gas masks (PH helmets) - cover of Sphere mag illustratedfirstworldwar.com/item/brother...
Nov 27 1915 British and French Soldiers Wearing their poison-gas masks (PH helmets) - cover of Sphere mag http://illustratedfirstworldwar.com/item/brothers-in-arms-british-and-french-soldiers-wearing-their-poison-gas-bpc000006_19151127_01_0007/
November 27, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Reposted by This Day In WWI
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Illustrated London New Nov 27 1915 "Almost as tall as a man! A Great Bomb used by the Allis airmen at Gallipoli
At the Dardanelles the airmen of the Allies have rendered invaluable services, and have established a decided superiority over the enemy. " web.archive.org/web/20160318...
Illustrated London New Nov 27 1915 Almost as tall as a man! A Great Bomb used by the Allis airmen at Gallipoli At the Dardanelles the airmen of the Allies have rendered invaluable services, and have established a decided superiority over the enemy. Beginning with “spotting” and range-indicating for the “Queen Elizabeth ” and other battle-ships in the earlier fort- bombardments, and bomb-dropping on Turkish transports, they have materially assisted the land fighting by bombing the Turkish camps and trenches, and carrying out daring reconnaissances far and wide. One recent exploit, mentioned in an official message, was the attack on a railway station near Enos (near Dedeagach, on the mainland), on November 1g. One British pilot was brought down; but he destroyed his machine, and was gallantly rescued by his comrade before the enemy reached him. The destructive capacity of a giant bomb such as that shown in the above photograph may be left to the reader’s imagination. https://web.archive.org/web/20160318195821/http://illustratedfirstworldwar.com/item/almost-as-tall-as-a-man-a-great-bomb-used-by-the-allies-airmen-at-iln0-1915-1127-0001-002/
November 27, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Reposted by This Day In WWI
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
The Sphere #OTD Nov 27 1915 "Desperate Refugees Retreating Before the Advance of the Enemy's Forces" Serbian forced to flee their country. Illustrated by Fortunino Matani illustratedfirstworldwar.com/item/the-tra...
The Sphere #OTD Nov 27 1915 "Desperate Refugees Retreating Before the Advance of the Enemy's Forces" Serbian forced to flee their country. Illustrated by Fortunino Matani http://illustratedfirstworldwar.com/item/the-tragic-flight-of-a-nation-serbian-refug-ugees-retreating-before-the-bpc000006_19151127_01_0025/
November 27, 2024 at 4:22 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Mark IV Male Tank (s/n 130) "Nelson" one of six Tank Banks, Mk.IV tanks toured the country Dec 1917 and throughout 1918 raising money.
Nov 26 1917 #OTD Victory the Bulldog posing on Nelson in Trafalgar Square during a campaign to sell War Loan certificates bsky.app/profile/this...
NAM. 1972-08-67-2-137 https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26simpleText%3DMons+1914&pos=20&total=39&acc=1972-08-67-2-137 https://www.facebook.com/ww1incolour/photos/a.450835521726972/2319885138155325/ https://twitter.com/colour_history/status/1728778834625835217 https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/victory-the-bulldog-posing-on-a-tank-in-trafalgar-square-news-photo/3133840 26th November 1917: Victory the Bulldog posing on a tank in Trafalgar Square during a campaign to sell War Loan certificates.
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reposted by This Day In WWI
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Bisbee Daily Review #OTD Nov 26 1915 publishes 2 Ernest Brooks pictures (IWM Q 13316 & IWM Q 13314) photoshopped together to make image on left. Depict open-air dressing station in the shelter of rocky cliff at Ghurkha Bluff "Y" Ravine manned by 42nd Div
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024...
November 27, 2024 at 3:02 AM