Edgar D. Andrews WWI

By Ethan Manis

  • Start of WWI

    Start of WWI
    June 28th - September 1914: The start of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. Soon after, in September, the first fight, starting trench warfare, was called the Battle of Verdun.

  • Invading Ottoman Empire

    Invading Ottoman Empire
    February 19, 1915, to January 9, 1916; This was the first major beach landing while the French and British troops invaded the Ottoman Empire, the main point of this battle was to gain more control over sea routes. The battle ends with the Allied troops needing to withdraw suffering more than 180,000 casualties.

  • The Battle of Dogger Bank

    The Battle of Dogger Bank
    January 24th, 1915; The battle of Dogger Bank was the next big war in World War I it started by decoding an intercepted German message beginning the battle, The Germans started to retreat and escape the British, they used long-range gunfire and Germans SMS Blucher cruiser gets sunken while the British HMS lion is damaged.

  • Letters

    Letters
    Andrews wrote his first letter to his family in October 1917, and he wrote many letters while in the war. Many of them let his family know how he is doing and let them know he’s safe.

  • Rheumatism

    Rheumatism
    In September 1918, Edgar got a disease called rheumatism the disease was caused by Andrews living down in the trenches for so long. For a while, Andrews was in a hospital because of the disease.

  • Front Lines

    Front Lines
    February 6 - March 21, 1918 Edgar and all of his division were put on the front lines which was seen as the quiet sector While on the front lines, Edgar and the rest of his division saw a lot of death and destruction.

  • Toul-Boucq

    Toul-Boucq
    From April 3rd - June 28, 1918, Edgar and his division were assigned to Toul-Boucq while they were here for 3 months they were they had to stand Artillery barrages, and raids from the Germans, and on April 20 they had to stand a 36-hour artillery barrage.

  • Counter Attacks

    Counter Attacks
    From July 15th - August 6, 1918, they loaded the 102nd Machine gun onto the trains. Edgar and his division went to the City Of Lights then kept going and were put into counterattacks and needed to destroy the salient throughout this Edgar had to go through intense fighting for 5 days and was able to get an allied victory.