The Woodman Diary

Twitter feed for the Woodman Diary Project. A digital edition created by the MA Digital Humanities class of Maynooth University.

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#OnThisDay 24 Apr 1918 'Todays paper. Naval raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend on Monday Tuesday 22nd/23rd, which explains the row that wakened us

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#OnThisDay 23 Apr 1918 'go to the beach at malo, and see 2 monitors and umpteen destroyers so something of some sort was on last night #WW1

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#OnThisDay 22 Apr 1918 ' Fritz comes over in scouting plane about 9.20am. and our AA Guns had a few shots at him.' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 21 Apr 1918 'Today is a Red letter day. 2 letters and the Independent from Nellums That is tres bon once again. Cheero!' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 20 Apr 1918 'Alarm continues and just on 11 pm guns open fire. Before Dob or I have time to get below down comes one bomb... #WW1

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#OnThisDay 19 Apr 1918 'Manage to dodge inoculation and vaccination for I don’t see any earthly use in going thro’ that again.' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 18 Apr 1918 'Rumour today is Belgian counter attack enemy driven back... Official Wytschaete & Wulverghaem in German hands.' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 17 Apr 1918 '
Drum fire continued without cessation all the night so there must be something very heavy doing at top.' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 16 Apr 1918 'The usual rumours today. German surprise us at Ypres and capture 20,000 English. (Mere Rumour as per usual.)' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 15 Apr 1918 'Rumours today...French have driven Jerry back 10 Kilos on Amiens front. Rumoured that Germans are in Bailleul.' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 14 Apr 1918 'Big gun started at 3 AM and fired over five of the best for some spiteful reason I suppose...' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 13 Apr 1918 'Hear today that Fritz has been dropping bombs on AB last night. Just as I thought he would...' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 12 Apr 1918 ' Humph. This is some day... 3. of our H.P. bombers came to grief last night out of ten who raided Zeebrugge...' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 11 April 1918 '
Finish the wee girls letter this evening after spending an hour or so at the pictures.' #WW1

[BritainsMilitaryHist @BritainsMilHist]

HMS 'Vindictive' Storming Zeebrugge Mole.

Painting by Charles John de Lacy

[Letters 1916-1923 @Letters1916]

We are looking for a #STEM Postdoc Researcher to join our #Letters1916 team @DigiHum_MU @MaynoothUni #jobfairy https://t.co/9OzSy5MHxr

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#OnThisDay 10 April 1918 '
Nothing much doing today and weather remains much the same.' #WW1

[WW1 We Remember @jykp]

WW1 April 10, 1917 Arras - British & Canadians complete capture of Vimy Ridge, occupy Farbus (NE of Arras) and Fampaux. #WW1 #Arras

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#OnThisDay 9 April 1918 '
Todays official “Enemy attacked yday between Armentieres and LA Bassee Canal We were evidently forced back..' #WW1

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#OnThisDay 8 April 1918 'Todays Rumours. Germans forced back ten miles with loss of umpteen prisoners.' #WW1