ARTICLE: A Snapshot of War, 1915

This was fun last time, so I thought I would delve back into a pile of French magazines and see what was newsworthy in week during the First World War. I picked Le Miroir again, and the week of 18th July, because this particular edition threw up all kinds of fronts…

First off, they are still obsessed with telling the world that French soldiers were every bit as clean as their British counterparts. This time, they showed a useful looking contraption that let several men shower at once…

THE SHOWER-BATHS: WORK FOR THE FRONT

This company has already sent 200 of the above-mentioned models to the front. 1,200 are needed. The "Voluntary Relief Coordination Committee," located at 57 rue Saint-Dominique in Paris, centralise the fundraising efforts.

BORDER POSTS DRAGGED DOWN IN ALSACE

This is still a heavy preoccupation, and with good reason:

Our soldiers at the Schlucht Pass and the Bonhomme Pass

On the road that winds from Gérardmer through the Vosges Mountains towards Munster and Colmar, the Schlucht Pass is particularly well-known to tourists. Fierce fighting took place here, and the half-demolished French and German hotels bear witness to this. Our troops tore down the German posts that marked the border for forty-four years.

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