The machine-gun was a game-changing ... first battle between Allied and German forces in World War One. They fought for control of the Kamina wireless station. WW1: What caused Verdun to be ...
Second Lieutenant Hugh Barr was one of three 'unknown' British soldiers of WW1 to finally be named at a poignant ceremony in ...
Lieutenant Hugh Barr, of East Kilbride, was killed during an attack on the German-occupied town of Werwick in Belgium on ...
They were confident of victory. But the British soldiers were unable to break through the German defences and were mown down in their thousands by machine gun and artillery fire. This day set a ...