List of additions and updates

 

 

2010

10 July

added The Italian Army in Macedonia and The Italian Army in Albania

added a map and updated The defence of the Aegean seacoast during World War I

9 August

added The red booklet (1889) and The strange case of the Bulgarian Madsen

revised Direction for firing in field and mountain artillery (1902)

31 August

added The strength of the Romanian Artillery on 15 August 1916 and The strength of the Romanian Artillery on 1 January 1918

added a picture and updated Krupp 8cm field gun

6 September

added General direction for the tactical employment of large military units

26 September

added Drawings of 120 mm Schneider howitzer

added some pictures and updated Schneider – 120mm and 150mm QF howitzers, Schneider-Canet 150mm QF heavy howitzer M. 1910 and Schneider-Canet 105mm QF light howitzer M. 1910

30 September

added Schneider field howitzer sight

7 October

added 80mm De Bange converted in a QF gun and Artillerie-Kraftzugmaschine KD I

revised Putilov 76.2mm FlaK M. 1902 and Krupp 88mm FlaK M. 1917

27 October

revised and expanded Direction for firing in field and mountain quick-firing artillery and Field service regulations for quick-firing field artillery

14 November

added The Bulgarian Army at the beginning of the World War

added a picture The red booklet (1889)

22 November

added general Georgi Vazov’s Instructions on siege warfare

revised Direction for the employment of the field artillery in combat (1915)

9 December

added Ammunition for Schneider 75mm field gun

15 December

added Universal shells for quick-firing field guns

29 December

added 75mm Krupp M. 1880 and 87mm Krupp M. 1880 Romanian field guns

revised, adding some pictures, Krupp 87mm field gun support wagons, Krupp 8cm field gun, Krupp 87mm M. 1873, Gruson 53mm M. 1889 and all the Romanian guns

added two pictures at Krupp 105mm mountain howitzer

2011

17 January

added Schneider mechanical fuze-setter

added some pictures to Krupp 105mm long gun M. 1880 and 3 pdr mountain gun M. 1867

31 January

revised all the obsolete Russian guns : 6 inch, 24 pdr long and short, 9 pdr steel and bronze, 4 pdr, 3 pdr

corrected The strength of the Bulgarian artillery in November 1885

added Ammunition available on 11 September 1885

4 February

revised the biographies of the Russian Head of the Bulgarian Artillery :  Lesovoy, Reshetin and Arseniev

13 February

added the artillery of Bulgarian Territorial Army to The birth of Bulgarian Artillery

added Planned strength of the Bulgarian artillery – September 1878

revised The composition of the Bulgarian Artillery in 1885

19 February

added After Berlin : the Russian years, Russian officers serving in Bulgarian artillery 1879 - 1885, Graduated of the 1st class of the Military School enlisted in artillery, Peace establishment of the Bulgarian artillery in 1880 and 1884

6 March

entirely revised the whole section Artillery Regiments, adding the name of most of the regiment commanders

16 March

added some pictures of a Turkish 75mm field gun M. 1910 from Red Cliffs, Australia by courtesy of Charlie Clelland

19 March

added Peace establishment of the Bulgarian artillery in 1889

added Peace establishment of the fortress battalions in 1892, 1896 and 1912

29 March

added The development of the fortress artillery, On the eve of the Balkan Wars and On the eve of the World War

revised The development of the Bulgarian artillery : 1886-1911

added some little corrections and additions to the whole section History

7 April

added Graduated at the Elisavetgrad Cavalry Cadet School in 1881, Establishment of the Bulgarian Territorial Army artillery in 1878 and Establishment of the artillery siege company in 1878

some little additions to The birth of the coast artillery (1878 – 1912) and to The coast artillery during the World War I (1915 – August 1916)

14 April

added Peace establishment of the Bulgarian artillery in 1915 and Peace establishment of the fortress regiments in 1915

revised, adding some pictures, Krupp 75mm QF field gun “Brazilian” and Whitworth muzzle-loading mountain gun

21 April

added The forts of the Odrin fortress, The fortification of the Odrin fortress, The artillery batteries of the Odrin fortress, The artillery ammunition of Odrin, The artillery batteries of Odrin (Turkish sources)

corrected according with the Turkish official history of the Balkan War List of the Turkish forts of Odrin, Turkish fortress artillery data and part of The Turkish Eastern Army at the beginning of the Balkan War 

28 April

added Duties of the brigade commanders, The Head of the artillery in 1878, The Artillery inspector in 1888

added Krupp 75mm QF M. 1910 and corrected Krupp 75mm QF M. 1903 accordingly

5 May

added The Turkish Çatalca Army and The Turkish Army at Bulair – Şarköy

30 May

added Establishment of the artillery siege battery in 1889

corrected Rheinmetall 105mm QF light howitzer M. 1916, adding two pictures

added some data to Krupp 75mm M. 1886

confirmed the identification of the Whitworth mountain gun

16 June

added Rules for firing in fortress-siege artillery (1897)

corrected with some additions The red booklet (1889)

21 June

added The Heads of the fortress artillery and the biographies of Hristo Yovkov Kushev, Dimitar Hristov Pernikliyski and  Stoyan Ganev Zagorski (with the decisive help of  Dibo)

5 August

added a picture to Broadwell 6cm mountain gun and to 9 pdr [106.7mm] steel gun M. 1867, 3 pictures to 3 pdr [76.2mm] mountain gun M. 1867

revised the bibliography, adding a page about the Official histories of wars

12 August

added to the bibliography Angelov’s Materials for the history of the Bulgarian artillery

revised and corrected Skoda 75mm QF mountain gun M. 1915 and Krupp 105mm long gun L/47