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The Étaples mutiny was a series of mutinies in September 1917 by British Army and British Imperial soldiers at a training camp in the coastal port of Étaples in Northern France during World War I.
Sep 9, 2017 · Etaples in north east France was the core of this metropolis. The troops were subjected to a fierce regime by officers of the blood and bayonet school. War poet Wilfred Owen described it as a...
Sep 9, 2006 · A short history of one of the early big mutinies of British troops in Europe as World War I came to an end. Submitted by on September 9, 2006. Etaples, about 15 miles south of Boulogne, was a notorious British Army base camp for those on their way to the front.
Jul 11, 2015 · Étaples is most remembered today, however, for a September 1917 mutiny. Wilfred Owen described the camp as the "bull ring" because of the brutality of the instructors — many of whom had not served at the front — and the generally harsh conditions that reigned there.
The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I. They started just after the unsuccessful and costly Second Battle of the Aisne, the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917. The new French commander of the armies in France, General Robert Nivelle, had ...
Étaples, a village on the northeastern coast of France, hosted a large British Army complex during the war. The base depot included several military hospitals and a large reception and training center designed for new troops bound for duty in France.
Jul 19, 2017 · Etaples Mutiny. Soldiers, officers and military policemen give their perspective on how events unfolded during the mutiny in the British Army at Etaples in September 1917....
