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Encyclopedia - L

This area of the website provides an A-Z listing of First World War terms, personalities, biographical sketches, battles, weaponry, etc.

All material listed by category elsewhere in the site is contained within this section.

Conversely many articles are solely listed within the encyclopedia given that they do not sit comfortably within any existing category.

The encyclopedia is grouped alphabetically. This page lists entries grouped under the letter 'L'.

Articles
Labor's Service to Freedom - Samuel Gompers (1917)
Lacaze, Marie-Jean-Lucien
Laddie in Khaki - Robert Carr (Song 1915)
Lafayette Escadrille
Lahoulle, Auguste
Lake Naroch, Battle of
Lake, Percival
Lambart, Frederick
Lammasch, Heinrich
Land of Hope and Glory - Clara Butt (1912, Song)
Landis, Reed
Langemarck Cemetery
Langle de Cary, Fernand de
Lankhof Farm Bunkers
Lanky Yankee Boys in Blue - B. Murray (Song 1908)
Lanrezac, Charles
Lansing, Robert
Lansing, Robert - Letter Regarding 'Dumba Affair', 1915
Lansing, Robert - On Post-War Czech State, 1918
Lansing, Robert - On Recognition of Polish Govt.
Lansing, Robert - Reply to Austrian Munitions Protest
Lansing, Robert - Reply to Mexican Protest
Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery
Last Post Ceremony, Ypres (2003 Audio)
Latrines, Trench
Lauder, Harry
Laurier, Wilfred
Lawrence, T.E.
Lawrence, T.E. - Disputed Sexuality of
Lazovert, Stanislaus de - Account of Rasputin's Death
League of Nations - Covenant of, 1919-24
League of Nations - Henry Cabot Lodge on
League of Nations - Ignace Paderewski on, 1919
League of Nations - Newton Baker (Speech, 1919)
League of Nations - Woodrow Wilson on
Le Cateau, Battle of
Ledwidge, Francis
Leefe-Robinson, William
La Leggenda del Piave (Song, 1918)
Lee, Joseph (Broken Heart, The)
Lee, Joseph (Drum, The)
Lee, Joseph (Half-hour's Furlough, The)
Lee, Joseph (Homecoming, The)
Le Hamel, Battle of
Leman, Ernst
Leman, Gerard
Leman, Gerard - Diary Regarding Fall of Liege, 1914
Leman, Gerard - German Account of Fall of Liege, 1914
Leman, Gerard - Letter to King Albert I
Lench, W. H. - Evacuation of Suvla Bay (Memoir)
Lenin - April Theses, 1917
Lenin - Call for Civil Unrest (1), 1917
Lenin - Call for Civil Unrest (2), 1917
Lenin - Call to Power, 1917
Lenin - Decree on Peace, 1917
Lenin - On Need to Accept Brest-Litovsk Terms, 1918
Lenin - Post-Revolution Proclamations, 1917
Lenin - Proclamation of Victory, 1917
Lenin - Statement of Bolshevik Demands, 1917
Lenin - Ultimatum to Ukraine, 1917
Lenoir, Maxime
Leopold, Prince
Le Prieur Rocket
Leps, Adrien
Lester, Alfred - A Conscientious Objector (Song, 1915)
Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von
Leval, Maitre G. de - On the Execution of Edith Cavell
Lewis, Cecil
Lewis Gun
Lewis, James Hamilton - Call of America (1917)
Lewis, Percy Wyndham
Lewis, W. Sylvanus - In a Kite Balloon (Memoir)
Liberty Bell - Peerless Quartet (Song, 1917)
Lice, Body
Lichnowsky, Prince - My Time as Ambassador (Memoir)
Liebknecht, Karl
Liebknecht, Karl - Call for Revolution, 1918
Liege, Battle of
Liege, Fall of, German Account of, 1914
Liege, Fall of, Leman's Despatch to King Albert I, 1914
Liege, Fall of, Leman's Prison Diary, 1914
Liman Sanders, Otto von
Linklater, Eric
Lille, Deportations from - Aristide Briand On
Lille, Deportations from - German Proclamation on
Lille, Deportations from - James W. Gerard on
Lille Gate
Lille Ramparts Cemetery
Linke-Crawford, Frank
Linsingen, Alexander von
Lions of the Great War (Feature Article)
Lippmann, Walter
Lipsett, Louis James
Listening Post
Literary Ambulance Drivers
Little Bit of Cucumber - Harry Champion (Song, 1915)
Littlejohn, W. H. (A Prayer)
Littlejohn, W. H. (Holy Communion, Suvla Bay)
Littlejohn, W. H. (Hospital Ship, The)
Littlejohn, W. H. (Suvla Bay)
Little, Robert
Littler, Thomas - Diary of
Lloyd George, David
Lloyd George, David - Call for Extra U.S. Troops, 1918
Lloyd George, David - On Co-ordination of Allied Forces (1)
Lloyd George, David - On Co-ordination of Allied Forces (2)
Lloyd George, David - On U.S. War Entry, 1917
Lloyd George, David - Opening Address at Versailles
Lloyd George, David - Speech on War's Origins, 1917
Lloyd George's Beer - Ernie Mayne (Song, 1917)
Lloyd, Marie - Now You've Got The Khaki On (1916)
Lochnagar Crater
Lodge, Henry Cabot
Lodge, Henry Cabot - on League of Nations, 1919
Lody, Carl
Lody, Carl - Final Letters
London Cemetery & Extension
London Gazette
London Pre-war Peace Rally, August 1914
London, Treaty of, 1839
London, Treaty of, 1913
London, Treaty of, 1915
Lone Pine, Battle of
Lone Tree Cemetery
Longueval New Zealand Memorial
Lonsdale Cemetery
Loos, Battle of
Loos, Memoir of Battle of (1)
Mons, Memoir of Battle of (2)
Loos, Memoir of Highland Battalion at
Lorraine, Invasion of
Lorraine & Thorne - When We've Wound.. (Song, 1915)
Lorraine, V - If You Were The Only Girl (Song 1916)
Lorraine, V - Three Cheers For Little Belgium (Song 1914)
Louvain, Destruction of, 1914
Louvain, Destruction of - Footage of
Louvain, Destruction of - Judicial Report
Louvain, Destruction of - Kaiser Wilhelm's Reaction
Louvain, Destruction of - Official German Statement
Lowenhardt, Erich
Ludendorff, Erich
Ludendorff, Erich - 1914 Film Footage of (1)
Ludendorff, Erich - 1914 Film Footage of (2)
Ludendorff, Erich - 1914 Film Footage of (3)
Ludendorff, Erich - On Aisne/Champagne
Ludendorff, Erich - On Battle of Verdun (1)
Ludendorff, Erich - On Battle of Verdun (2)
Ludendorff, Erich - On Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Ludendorff, Erich - On Negotiating Armistice
Ludendorff, Erich - On Opening of 1918 Spring Offensive
Ludendorff, Erich - On Second Battle of the Marne (1)
Ludendorff, Erich - On Second Battle of the Marne (2)
Ludendorff, Erich - On Third Ypres
Ludendorff, Erich - 'Stabbed in the Back' Allegations
Lufbery, Raoul
Luke Jr, Frank
Lukin, Henry
Lukis, Dr Theodore
Lusitania and the U-20
Lusitania, British Law Courts Review
Lusitania, RMS, The Fatal Voyage (Feature Article)
Lusitania Sinking, First U.S. Protest, 1915
Lusitania Sinking, German Response, 28 May 1915
Lusitania Sinking, Second U.S. Protest, 1915
Lusitania Sinking, Third U.S. Protest, 1915
Lutsk, Battle of
Lutyens, Edwin
Luxembourg During the First World War
Luxemburg, Rosa
Lvov, Prince Georgy
Lyautey, Hubert
Lyddite
Lys Offensive - Currie's Appeal to Canadian Corps
Lys Offensive - Hindenburg on Opening of

Saturday, 22 August, 2009 Michael Duffy

German losses at Messines were 25,000, of which 7,500 were taken prisoner.  British casualties were 17,000 killed or wounded.

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