#06 Spring 2017

In This Issue:

 

Arriving in the Nick of Time

By Chandar S. Sundaram The Indian Expeditionary Force A in France, 1914-1915 More than 150,000 sepoys were sent to the Western Front and served under the BEF.  

Any Amount of Air, The Canadian Expeditionary Force’s First Battle at Second Ypres:

By Paul Ferguson Germany’s large-scale use of poison gas surprised the as yet untested Canadian soldiers  

Archaeology of the Western Front, Exploring the Bois-le-Prêtre

By Ed Klekowski The discovery of the first American killed in World War One  

Amazing War Stories

French pilot Roland Garros creates the first forward firing machine-gun for aeroplanes