tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post1377378114651817552..comments2024-03-29T06:42:20.796-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: The War's Most Famous Female Soldiersnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-48727523153198723972015-06-09T10:39:28.169-07:002015-06-09T10:39:28.169-07:00I was also going to mention Flora Sandes, a Britis...I was also going to mention Flora Sandes, a British nurse who enlisted in the Serbian army during the retreat into Albania, and will also add Roumanian Ecaterina Teodoroiu. According to Wikipedia: "In October 1916, Ecaterina joined the Romanian Army during the first Jiu battle when General Ion Dragalina's 1st Army repulsed the 9th German Army offensive. A Scouts' member, she had Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960041122088653027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-42851056583141759182015-06-09T10:06:23.081-07:002015-06-09T10:06:23.081-07:00These Russian women so often look like bulldogs......These Russian women so often look like bulldogs...the Germans likely should have lumped them with the Scotts...the bulldogs from hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-23812156042239502602015-06-08T22:51:29.171-07:002015-06-08T22:51:29.171-07:00Thanks for this great post! She does not look like...Thanks for this great post! She does not look like someone you'd want to tangle with. It's very interesting that the tsar, and later the Provisional Government, allowed women to enlist in combat units; to the best of my knowledge British and American women never had that chance. A sad end indeed for this Russian patriot. Diane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794521230958515051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-75086884222000479132015-06-08T12:36:41.444-07:002015-06-08T12:36:41.444-07:00Another wmoan who fought was Flora Sandes, who was...Another wmoan who fought was Flora Sandes, who was British but served in the Serbian Army.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392374641232161890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-46344243082718125382015-06-08T11:31:47.939-07:002015-06-08T11:31:47.939-07:00Interesting story. Sad end to a brave woman.Interesting story. Sad end to a brave woman.bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-40053218586447019702015-06-08T10:14:43.845-07:002015-06-08T10:14:43.845-07:00Her battalion actually went into the line in Galic...Her battalion actually went into the line in Galicia and fought well taking prisoners. However, rather than live and let live as so many of the Russian units observed, her woman shot at Germans nearing the Russian lines. The men in neighbouring units became so angry that they opened fire on the women who had to hide in a forest where they changed out of uniforms and made their way out of the M. Kihntopfnoreply@blogger.com