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Goodbye in 1915

            The Postcard

A postally unused Quality Card Series postcard that was published by A. M. Davis & Co. of London.

Although the card was not posted, there is an addressee's name and address on the divided back:

Miss May Harris,
Elmfield,
Willoughby Road,
Langley,
Bucks.

There was also a message:

"15. 5. 15.
Dear Maisie,
Many happy returns of
the day, the sincere wish
of your friend,
Lena."

The Battle of Festubert

So what else happened on the day that Lena wrote the card?

Well, on Saturday the 15th. May 1915, the British First Army under command of General Douglas Haig launched a night-time attack on a 3-mile (4.8 km) portion of the German line in France from Neuve-Chapelle in the north to the village of Festubert in the south.

The Second Battle of Artois

Also on that day, the Germans halted any further French advances into their territory.

The Singapore Mutiny

Also on the 15th. May 1915, the court of inquiry into a mutiny among the Indian 5th. Light Infantry in Singapore concluded that the causes for it were unclear. 

More than 200 Indian soldiers and officers were tried, and 47 were sentenced to execution by firing squad. 

The remaining 600 Indian soldiers and officers that did not mutiny were ordered to serve with Allied operations in Africa.

The Origins of Jazz

Also on that day, the first reference to jazz in relation to music came from Tom Brown and his New Orleans band as they began performing in Chicago, and started advertising themselves as a "Jass Band".
   

Taken on: March 4, 2023

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