WHAT’S NEW ?

September 21, 2008 :

A lot of activity on the 'WW1 surviving artillery' section. Numerous new guns being transferred from my 'WW1 Artillery blog'. There are now 317 guns and mortars listed on this website from everywhere in the world, there is still more than 100 other ones to transferred from the blog, and there are new ones coming on the blog every week !

Moreover, you will find a new presentation for the guns : visit the old grandpas either by the 'list by fighting nation' or by a 'GoogleMap showing their current place'.

How is that possible to make such a big update in such a short time ? Well, just break your arm while surfing on vacation, you will be amazed how much time it frees to surf... on the internet... !

August 17, 2008 :

A very nice new chapter : discover the wonderful work of Pascal Casanova, who designs breathtaking views and cut-outs of German fuses in CAD. Take a look at the '3D fuses pictures' page.

August 6, 2008 :

A lot of new guns on the 'WW1 surviving artillery' section. I apologize that the individual files are still in french.

March 14, 2008 :

Here we go : start of the english translation of the 'WW1 surviving artillery'. The individual files are still in french, there is a lot of guns that are on the blog but not yet on the website, but there are dozens of very nice contributions, and a specific care has been given to the writing of the technical descriptions.

December 16, 2007 :

Three new Austro-Hungarian fuzes on the 'Miscellanous fuses and accessories' page, and some new links to brilliant websites, blogs or forums in the 'links' page.

October 25, 2007 :

Having moved from Burgundy (France) to USA, I can eventually give some timne to my website growth. This update will guide you, from the 'Selection of fuses by nation' page, to two new sections. The first gathers some 'Miscellanous fuses and accessories', the second proposes you to help me solving the enigma of the 'Unidentified fuses'. Brrr ! on topic subject in these Halloween days ;-) ...

June 23, 2007 :

A new n°44 fuse on the 'English Fuses' page, a new section of a German two-delays fuse in the 'Main types of fuses' section, new pictures and a better look on the specific pages for 'French grenades', 'German grenades' and 'English grenades'.

May 28, 2007 :

An important update, prepared for weeks, of the 'French fuses' page, with a Budin fuse, a new version of the 'Siège et Montagne' fuse, and not less than 5 new time or time and percussion fuses... Plus an improvement of the menus of the fuses pages, and additional pictures for a better understanding of the 'Main types of fuses'.

January 28, 2007 :

A new German fuse (percussion KZ16f10cmK) on the 'German fuses' page.

January 21, 2007 :

A new German fuse (percussion HZ16) on the 'German fuses' page, and some sorting (titles and categories) on all the fuses pages.

January 14, 2007 :

Two new fuses (Schneider fuse for middle shells, and TCAL fuse), new pictures, and new texts for the percussion fuses of the 'French fuses' page. New pictures as well, and some text corrections on the 'German fuses' page.

January 3, 2007 :

Some nice pictures of a KZ11 fuze, some new informations, new identifications, and new pictures on the 'German Fuses' page.

November 26, 2006 :

A new item (Time and Percussion Fuze n°83) and some new information on the 'English fuzes' page.

November 12, 2006 :

There is now 167 surviving artillery guns and mortars on the (still temporary french-speaking) database 'Canons'. But also in this update, two new French grenades (OF1 and DR) at 'French grenades', new pictures of a nice Dopp Z96 n/A and a new HZ05 Gr fuse on the page of the 'German fuses'

October 14th, 2006 :

The transfer of the surviving WW1 guns collected via the blog is still on, and is preventing me from updating my pages concerning the fuses and the WW1 books, where a lot of new items are queuing ! Find all of the 150 guns, sortedd by nation, type and caliber following the link : 'Canons'. Sorry for our english speaking friends, I will only translate those pages in english when the french speaking database is nearly complete !

September 1, 2006 :

A big update, since the 'WW1 surviving guns database', collected with the '14/18 artillery blog' is finally online. There are only 54 guns online today, although the database includes more than 200 items. The access by place of exposition, as well as the english translation are not yet done, but this will come...

August 20, 2006 :

Some re-engineering for the fuse pages (index of the different items for an easier access) : 'German fuses', 'French fuses', 'English fuses' and 'Belgian Fuses', and some correction on the 'German fuses' page, for the Dopp Z 91 and 92 fuses (nobody's perfect !). A quite strange new Belgian fuse (fortress artillery percussion fuse) on the corresponding page ('Belgian fuses').

June 1, 2006 :

Today it's the turn of the 'German grenades' section to welcome some new specimen : a defensive turtle grenade, a stick grenade model 1917, and two new Granatwerfer projectiles

April 18, 2006 :

A new instantaneous French fuse RYG 24/31 mod 1918 on the web page 'French fuses', and new pictures for the German fuse IWMZdr on the page 'German fuses'

April 9, 2006 :

Stop the winter sleeping ! A new light minenwerfer fuse IWMZdr2 on the 'German fuses' page, and schemes for the majority of the 'English fuses' English fuses.

January 1, 2006 :

Two versions of a new French fuse (24/31 Mle 99/15), and a new piece of the French trench mortar instantaneous fuse on the page 'French Fuses'.

December 30, 2005 :

Two new German bottom fuses on the page 'German fuses'. A new British rifle grenade on the page 'English grenades', and bran new pictures on the pages 'German fuses', and on the page 'the different fuse types'.

October 22, 2005 :

A new German 'egg' grenade, with formed steel sheet igniter, on the page 'my German grenades', a new German fuse EKZ17 on the page 'German fuses', and a new British fuse n°101 on the page 'British fuses'.

October 16, 2005 :

An error corrected (thanks to col. Lothaire) and a scheme for the belgian "time-fuse for quick-firing gun" on the page 'Belgian fuses', and a new mortar fuse ZsWM on the 'German fuses' page.

October 11, 2005 :

A scheme for the french fuse "Instantanée RY 24/31 modèle 1917" on the page 'French fuses', a new unidentified conical fuse on the 'Other fuses' page, and interesting links on the page links as well as WW1 artillery.

October 4, 2005 :

A new french fuse "Instantanée RY 24/31 modèle 1917" on the page 'my French fuses' and an unidentified Russian fuse on the new page 'Other fuses'.

July 31, 2005 :

Three new German fuses Gr Z 92, Dopp Z 91 and Dopp Z 15 on the page 'my German fuses', and better pictures on the same page.

July 24, 2005 :

Some (invisible) maintenance on the section 'My grenades'. But you will also find a a new stick grenade on the page 'my German grenades', a pneumatic mortar grenade in the section 'French grenades', a new French fuse 24/31 PR 1916 on the 'my French fuses'page, and some new better items pictures from here to there.

July 19, 2005 :

This is time for the page 'Grenades' to point on three specific pages dedicated to the different nations in war. And as a celebration, a brand new 'lemon' French piece in the 'French grenades' page.

July 18, 2005 :

As promised, 3 new grenades on the page 'A selection of grenades'.

July 17, 2005 :

Still a lot of energy spent on my blog (http://canonspgmww1guns.canalblog.com) that gathers yet more than 150 WW1 artillery pieces still visible nowadays. But I plan to add in the next weeks the numerous new grenades and fuses that I found in the past months.
Warning ! The fuses selection pages have been reorganised. Now, each country have its own dedicated page. 3 new fuses available on the page English fuses.

June 12, 2005 :

It took me some time to create a Blog (http://canonspgmww1guns.canalblog.com) dedicated to the WW1 artillery guns still visible nowadays. As a consequence I had too little time to include in this site the numerous items waiting to be presented to you. Meanwhile, I added pictures to the page dedicated to the Main types of fuses so that it will be more understandable, as well as a path to that famous blog in the pages links and Artillery of the WW1. Another update will arrive soon.

May 14, 2005 :

It was worth the patience : 11 new books (10 French ones and 1 Belgian) in the page Other Witnesses, a new French fuse (Schneider) and 3 Germans (LKZ16, Dopp Z 92 nf, ZsumWM) on the page my fuses selection, and new pictures here and there.

April 2, 2005 :

Finally new entries in my Other Witnesses war books, a stick handgrenade model 1915 in the Grenades page, and some new links.

march 21, 2005 :

Some new pictures, and a new item ('I.A.' french fuse) on my fuses selection page. I also hopefully replaced the improbable assembly of a French shell with a Belgo-German cartridge by my brand new genuine 75 mm munition (artillery munitions )

March 6, 2005 :

I am preparing a handful of new entries in my section writings. Be patient for some weeks. I'm happy to announce that the english speaking version of my last new page, dedicated to the helmets and personal equipments is now online.

february 26, 2005 :

A new entry in the Litterature books, and a french version of my page concerning the helmets and personal equipements. English version coming soon !

february 5, 2005 :

All the pictures from my Grenades selection page have been reviewed : more pictures, better quality. New items alson joined the selection. The texts will be reviewed soon.

It is now possible to toggle to english or french version from every page. I hope that this website will become more international that way !

January 30, 2005 :
New items and better quality pictures for my French Grenades. The same refreshing will happen soon with the German and English ones.

January 11, 2005 :
I finally found a reprint of the famous 'Grenades Allemandes de la Grande Guerre' of Patrice Delhomme. See the cover on the page Grenades Coming soon then, corrections on the texts and informations of this same page ! On the other side, I had some hidden works at the only destination of the search engines spiders ...

December 13, 2004 :
English translation done for My fuses selection page.

November 28, 2004 :
The french version of the page devoted to my fuses selection is now complete Finally ! Have a look at (Ma sélection de fusées), it's worth going there. English translation following... in the very next days. Referencing done, waiting for the spiders...

November 20, 2004 :
My pages on the WW1 artillery projectiles , and on the fuses types are now also available in english. Have a look at fuses or directly at Les munitions de l'artillerie de la première guerre mondiale (French speaking) and Les types de fusées de l'artillerie de la première guerre mondiale (French speaking). End of a series of small enhancements : let's reference now !

November 15, 2004 :
My french language pages on the WW1 artillery projectiles , and on the fuses types are available. Have a look at fuses or directly at Les munitions de l'artillerie de la première guerre mondiale (French speaking) and Les types de fusées de l'artillerie de la première guerre mondiale (French speaking). Let me some days to complete my page dedicated to my WW1 fuses selection as well as the corresponding english translations, then some optimizing and I'll make a referencing campaign...

November 7, 2004 :
My french speaking page on the WW1 is now complete. Next to come is the english translation and the pages dedicated to the projectiles and fuses... Go to fuses or directly on L'artillerie pendant la première guerre mondiale (French speaking). I redirect now all my visitors on my new URL http://www.passioncompassion1418.com

October 18, 2004 :
My french-speaking page on the artillery of the great war is not yet complete, but already looks fine. I'm particularly proud of the schemes... Find it via the section fuses or directly on l'artillerie pendant la première guerre mondiale

October 14, 2004 :
Thank you for your remarks about the difficulty to read my white font. I've corrected it by darkerning the back image. Have a look to the entry page of my fuses section, and imagine what's coming in this area within the next weeks...

October 10, 2004 :
All the pages of this website are now available in french and english language. From now on, every new development will be bilingual ! . I know what I want to do with my 'fuses' page : you won't be deceived ... Note also that my website is now hosted on two different URLs : http://www.passioncompassion1418.com and http://perso.wanadoo.fr/passioncompassion/index.html. I'm ready for the referencing...

October 4, 2004 :
Most of the existing pages haves been translated in english, including this one. Go to these from my english-speaking index page, or with a click on the english flag on my french-speaking index page. Still some work to do, including some structural preparation before the great jump : new URL, and site referencing. By the way, be prepared for my page with the artillery fuses, that I promise since a long time. I know what I want, pictures are ready, and I plan some animated GIFs…

September 22, 2004 :
I work hard on the english translations of this site. My intention is to translate all the matter that is already present in french language, before building new pages.

September 10, 2004 :
I invite you to discover my finalized page on the tourist guides (in french). During the same time, I rebuilt the structure of the history books, and my links collection ('Liens') grows. Many thanks to the members of the Histoforums for their critics and encouragements !

5 septembre 2004 :
The page on the tourist guides takes shape (in french)... be tolerant, the page-setting does not please me and will be probably modified.

August 24, 2004
Some ortograph corrections and small structural changes from here to there (some maintenance already...), but especially a new page of links 'Des liens' (in french) which is born now, structured, and contains quite nice references

August 18, 2004 :
Like a mushroom ! the page on the contribution of the 'Celebs' of the conflict is born, and completed in just one day. It awaits you (see ‘Des témoignages de chefs') (in french). .

August 16, 2004 :
the page on the witnesses of the war is now completed (in french). I will now have to feed it regularly, and I yet announce future newcomers (see 'Autres témoins'). Same status for the page of the quotations 'Des mots'. (in french). I will now temporarily leave the books, even if there are still many pages to build with the ‘celeb’ books, the history books, the technical books, the multi-media section, etc... I think I will concentrate now with the historic sites, and my visits on the terrain.

August 13, 2004 :
This time, the page on the various witnesses is close to its presentable version, 13 summaries are remaining before I consider it worthy of your reading (see 'Autres témoins'). But the evolution of the page of quotations (‘Des mots’) is far quicker

4 août 2004 :
Back from the well deserved holidays ... and much time to give to this website. More and more descriptions of authors (see ' Autres témoins'), and a page of quotations which is growing at the rythm of my re-readings, and becomes a little more readable, thanks to some selected photographs 'Des mots'

August 4, 2004 :

July 25, 2004 :
The rythm of my updates remains weak, but I take time to read again the books which I write a summary of, and to choose certain extracts for my quotations. What a pleasure! Thus some new summaries added (see 'Autres témoins’). I work on the next section of my "personal museum", which will be interested in the fuses and shells. 'Des découvertes'. Note also nevertheless, the finalization of the structure of my page of quotations ! It becomes easier to sail there among the main topics. 'Des mots'

June 18, 2004 :
A light deceleration - my job first ! - these last days, but some new summaries of books of witnesses (see 'Autres témoins’. I promise to attack very soon simultaneously other sections of my "personal museum" 'Des découvertes '.

June 1, 2004 :
I progress in the comments of reading of my page on the less famous witnesses (see 'Autres témoins'), and this task allows me to read again all these texts, of which some are really fabulous. Thanks to this, you will find a first lot of quotations, not organized yet in section (that comes !) in my page ‘Des mots' (in french).

May 22, 2004 :
Two new grenades on line (see 'Grenades '), the page on the contribution of the great names of the literature is finished (see 'De grands noms de la littérature' – in french). I continue to add my comments on the less famous witnesses (see ' Autres témoins ').

May 16, 2004 :
All the images of the books written by witnesses of all nationalities, that I would like to recommend to you are now on line. I wrote several comments of reading (in french). The others are in construction. Rendez-vous on the page ' Autres témoins'

May 8, 2004 :
The page dedicated to the classic is now complete (in french), and the structure to welcome the other sections of the library is built. Rendez-vous on the page 'Des écrits' and 'Des Grands classiques'

May 1, 2004 :
Some advices of reading to understand the war on the French side (just as a beginning !). Rendez-vous on the page 'Des écrits’ (in french).

April 18, 2004 :
The page dedicated to the grenades is now finished (in french)... waiting for new models and possible corrections or improvements. Rendez-vous on the page ' Découvertes'

April 14, 2004 :
All the photographs of my grenades are on line, I work on the legends (in french) ! Rendez-vous on the page ' Découvertes'

April 13, 2004 :
All my french grenades are now present on the page 'Découvertes'

11 avril 2004 :
Birth of this website, building of the structure, some images encourage your patience...
See in particular the first two types of French grenades from my selection, on the page 'Découvertes'