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intheshadowofwar · 3 years

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K.B.O. - 28 June

So here we are on our first day of co-curated learning, which is a thing I only found out existed this morning.

We’ve been over the new plan; all things going well, we’re still going to be able to get out in the field, even if it is just in the Canberra region. Cowra was mentioned but I think some of us may be a bit skittish about going out of the ACT (although if they locked down Cowra I’d be very surprised indeed.) Can’t promise anything, but I’ll lobby as hard as I can, and if things look better next week, the chance may exist of getting somewhere in regional NSW.

We proceeded on to a lecture on Everybody’s Favourite Boondoggle, the John Monash Centre at Villers-Bretonneux (or VB for short.) VB is the site of a battle (technically two battles) fought at the ‘gates of Amiens’ in 1918. The initial German assault in early April was halted by a mix of British and Australian troops, but it’s the counterattack from April 24 to 27 that people mostly remember. Two Australian and one British brigade, alongside Moroccan forces under French command and supported by tanks, pushed two German divisions from the town and stabilised the front around Amiens; one of a number of battles that marked the end of Operation Michael, the first of Ludendorff's Spring Offensives.

It was also the site of the first tank-on-tank engagement in history, so naturally there’s a metal song about it.

Flash forward to 2010 and the beginning of planning for the centenary of the First World War. Some countries were more invested in this than others - Germany spent six million dollars on the whole affair, about $2 per dead soldier. France spent about $50 per fatality, Canada about three to four hundred… and Australia spent $8889. Using enough money to buy Simpson and his donkey a business-class ticket to London, they built a big, triumphant museum under the Villers-Bretonneux memorial - literally under the graves buried there - at a cost of $100m, proclaimed Australian victory in WWI, and named it after our favourite general, John Monash.

There’s a few small problems with this. One; John Monash wasn’t at Villers-Bretonneux. General Sir Henry Rawlingson was in overall command, with the key Australian commanders being Major-General Hobbs and Brigadiers ‘Pompey’ Elliot and Glasgow. But I guess ‘The Talbot Hobbs Centre’ doesn’t quite capture the imagination.

The second problem is that, while the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux was important, it did not win the war. German offensives continued into June, and only ended with defeat by the French (with some Americans) at the Second Battle of the Marne. The Germans were attacking on a wide front, and the majority of the men stopping them - at great cost - were British and French. The Australians aren’t the only ones to claim their one battle stopped the Germans - I’m looking at you, US Marine Corps - but we’re probably the only ones to build a gigantic obnoxious museum about it.

The third and most notable problem is that someone decided that building a giant ‘huzzah for the Anzacs, the Manliest of Men’ with a big light-and-sound show, simulated gas and artillery attacks, faceless ‘Huns’ and immersing patrons in the killing of said ‘Huns’ under a war cemetery was somehow in good taste.

I could rant long and hard about this thing and I haven’t even seen it in the flesh. Perhaps that means I’m being unfair. But there are dead Australians and Britons in that cemetery who I feel have been treated unfairly by the cemetery. (And don’t get me started on the omission of the Moroccans, or we’ll be here all day.)

After that, we did comparative presentations on how other countries marked their centenaries; usually with somewhat more taste (Britain), a touch of awkwardness (Germany) or an exclamation of ‘oh yeah, we were in that war, weren’t we?’ (the USA.) We watched an interview with Jay Winter (an American memorial historian and Bruce’s spiritual liege) and Michael Roper (a British historian, although it is unknown if he is anybody’s spiritual liege.) There was a break in the middle of this - I went to buy lunch and bought three books, and no lunch.

I also got gifted Niall Ferguson’s The Pity of War; the jury’s still out on if I was just being used to offload a Niall Ferguson book onto but the gesture was certainly appreciated. (For those curious, the other books were The Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter Englund, A World on Fire: Britain’s Crucial Role in the American Civil War by Amanda Foreman and Hue 1968 by Mark Bowden. Hopefully I do not get them confused and end up picturing British redcoats charging machine guns in Vietnam.)

At the end of the day, we watched Peter Weir’s Gallipoli. I have opinions about this film. For the uninitiated, the movie (made in 1981 and starring a young, pre-racist Mel Gibson) follows two Western Australian blokes (in a suspiciously South Australian-looking WA, I might add) as they enlist in the 10th Light Horse, train in Egypt and eventually fight in the Gallipoli peninsula, notably in the disastrous Battle of the Nek.

On one hand, Weir is one of the best cinematographers in the world today - one just needs to look at my favourite historical movie, Master and Commander, to get an idea of just how good he is. This is an exquisitely directed film. Despite my knowledge of 1900s railway rolling stock exposing the fact that they filmed in South Australia and not Western Australia, everything looks as authentic as is possible for it to be. Gallipoli looks dead on. The last five minutes of the film might be the most powerful and devastating ever seen in a war film. I should love this film, and yet…

The characters are more caricatures, which I think is intentional but it’s also hard for me to care too much about them. There are a few standouts, like the main character’s uncle and the Light Horse major, but then there’s the three infantry guys who I honestly could not tell apart. There is a sequence of the main characters wandering around the desert which adds nothing to the film except to pad the run time - I do not feel I liked the characters more after this ordeal, in fact I think I liked them less. The sequence in which the Australians take leave in Cairo has aged like fine cheese, with the Egyptian people pretty much reduced to an orientalist stereotype (such as a ‘comic’ moment where the Australians wreck an Egyptian vendor’s shop for scamming them, only to find out at the end of the scene that they’d been in the wrong place.) The strategic context for the Battles of Lone Pine and the Nek is mostly off (it was a diversionary attack, but for the New Zealanders, not the British), and the line about the British standing around drinking tea at Suvla Bay is not only inaccurate, it’s downright insulting.

For context on that last one, there’s a quote attributed to Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett about the attack on Scimitar Hill at Suvla, where the British 11th and the long-suffering 29th Division lost 5,300 men. He describes the undergrowth around the wounded set alight by artillery; “When the fire passed on little mounds of scorched khaki alone marked the spot where another mismanaged soldier of the king had returned to Mother Earth.”

Hardly a tea party.

And yet, that last scene - and particularly the image of the bayonets rising out of the trench, the ground before them thick with the dead and wounded of the 8th Light Horse that went before them…

So yes, I have complicated feelings.

Tomorrow we’re out again on the memorial landscape of Canberra - of particular, the Jerrabomberra Wetlands. Which aren’t actually in the suburb of Jerrabomberra. It’s very strange.

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catgluue · 5 years

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Chapter One: Coincidence

Happy Royai Week! In the spirit of pushing myself to do ridiculous things for no reason, I’m using the prompts as chapters in a longer fic! No promises that I’ll actually complete it this week, but I’m certainly going to try.

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Chapter One: Coincidence

Riza Hawkeye hadn’t expected to see the spring of 1916, and yet here it is.

It’s not quite spring - not yet - but it’s headed swiftly in that direction. The days are getting longer, she’s seeing green return to the trees, and she recalls that this time last year she was glorified secretary to a homunculus, awaiting The Promised Day.

It’s strange how life now is both normal and irrevocably transformed. The team, excepting Falman who chose to remain in the north, is back together but with new ranks and a new office. In his new capacity as Brigadier General, Mustang has merited a private office, which in Riza’s mind only impedes her ability to make sure he stays on task. If anything he’s more distracted when removed from all possible stimuli, and she sometimes invents reasons to check up on him just to make sure he’s not sleeping at his desk. It’s happening less and less, though, and she knows this means he’s able to sleep more at night.

She is too, although her sleep is still punctuated by nightmares. Recently it’s been nightmares of Ishval, which is a refreshing change of pace from the nightmares of the gold-toothed doctor and the General’s stricken face deep under the streets of Central. This is undoubtedly because they’re heading to Ishval as soon as summer is over, finally, to begin the long and futile process of redemption. She both dreads and longs for the penance of rebuilding something they’d once destroyed, knowing that absolution is impossible but hoping to find it anyway, somewhere in the desert.

She’s early to work again today, in part because of another nightmare, and goes to the mail room as a matter of course. There’s letters for the General as always - he actually gets fan mail now, which is a concept she finds so wholly repulsive it’s all she can do not to throw the letters directly into the trash. Mustang, for his part, doesn’t seem to mind, even reading parts of the amorous letters aloud, usually while throwing furtive glances in her direction. She always does her best not to react, unsure why he is under the impression that she cares. She doesn’t.

Maybe a little, only because they distract him from work.

Her heels click against the tile in the mostly empty hallway as she heads to the office, leafing through the mail, and she almost stops when she sees something addressed to her. She has no family to speak of, and her friends are all here in Central. Winry sends her regular letters but this one has a distinct lack of crayon drawings on the envelope. Who does that leave to be sending her mail?

She’s still poring over it when everyone else starts to come in. First is Fuery, a minute or two early, still yawning as he puts his bag down and gives her a casual good morning salute.

“Captain Hawkeye,” he says. “What’s that?” she folds the letter more times than is necessary and places it in a drawer.

“Nothing much. How is your report on the potential for crops in Ishvalan soil?” she asks; a far less prying question. He launches into an explanation as the letter in the drawer of her desk throbs in her mind like a heartbeat.

Captain Riza Hawkeye,

Apologies for interrupting your busy schedule, but I must relay that this past week suspicious activity has been reported on your estate. On one occasion figures were seen near the house but frightened off by the constable. I have of course ordered that a closer watch be kept on the house but it is my opinion that it may be time to sell the property as it’s been in disuse for so long.

Regards,

Ernst Meyell

Mayor

In all honesty she has half-forgotten that the manor house, probably falling down and overgrown, is her responsibility. She hasn’t given the old house much thought at all in years, apart from a nightmare she sometimes has wherein she wanders the empty halls like a ghost, calling out for her parents. She has to think harder to remember Ernst, finally recalling that he’d written to her a few years ago, saying he had taken over Mayorship of Werthem, the small town northeast of East City that Riza is from. As the others trail in and Fuery’s attention shifts, she pulls out a leave form and hastily fills it out, being purposefully vague. The General will know what was going on by the look on her face alone; this is purely a paper trail.

She waits until he comes in, says his hellos, and disappears into his office before slipping in with a coded knock. He doesn’t even look up, the knock telling him all he needs to know.

“Captain,” he says, by way of greeting, eyes still fixed on his pile of paperwork. “What can I do for you?” she slides the request on top of the pile and directly under his nose, before stepping back, hands clasped behind her back. He studies it for a moment before responding teasingly, “You’re getting sick of me already?”

“I need a week to clear out my father’s house before I sell it,” she says, and the tense silence that follows is palpable.

“Is that so? Are you going alone or is Catalina going to help?” he asks, knowing full well Rebecca is far too busy as the Furher’s assistant.

“Just me,” she tells him. “It shouldn’t take long; my father didn’t keep much around the house.” He looks like he considers this for a moment - looks like being the operative phrase here - and leans back in his chair, thoughtfully tapping his pen against the top of the desk, and her ears prick up. Tapping is their way of cluing the other person in that there’s going to be code or subtext in the talk to follow. This is an old practice, from when they still needed a signal, but one they’ve carried on for years.

“You know I’ve been thinking about taking some time off too,” he says casually and she resists the urge to roll her eyes.

“I think you should hold off until I get back,” she tells him pointedly, and he meets her even gaze with his own. He’s steepled his fingers and is peering over them as though they were in a chess match and he’d just made a bold move. “Someone has to run the office.”

“And what makes you think I’ll get anything done with you gone?” He asks, a smile ghosting his lips. They often joke about his lack of work ethic, how ‘useless’ he is without her (and he isn’t useless, only unmotivated) but something about his tone now gives her pause. He sounds almost flirtatious but underneath something in his eyes causes her stomach to knot and she realizes they’ve been practically glued to each others sides for a year.

“You’ll live,” she says sternly. “I’m sure you’ll cope how you always cope and waste time talking to some woman or other. Anyway, will you approve it?” A smile slowly spreads over his face at her implicit approval of a few coded phone calls, and the sickly-sweet feeling in her stomach intensifies.

“All right,” he says at last. “I guess we’ll have to manage somehow.”

-x-

The house is just as she remembers it, and a lump forms in her throat as she walks up to the front door, getting the key out of her pocket and fitting it into the lock with hands that nevertheless remain steady.

It’s like walking into a tomb - everything frozen in time, sheets still over the furniture from when she had placed them there almost ten years ago. She’d been a child then, she thinks, moving through the house and pulling the sheets off furniture, opening curtains to let the light in. Everything of her was pretty much gone from this place - she had taken what few possessions she wanted and simply left the rest. Her father wasn’t a material man but even after his death she’d stayed away from the study. Even now she isn’t looking forward to clearing it out.

So she doesn’’t, not yet anyway, choosing instead to start on the ground floor. She had decided on the train ride here to sell the place furnished, and so it’s only a matter of taking small things, sorting them into boxes to either donate or throw away entirely. Photos, books, knick-knacks. She does not have a box for things to keep.

She gets the first phone call about half an hour after arriving, and as she heads to the phone, still sitting on the table off the hallway, she thinks wryly that someone must have checked the train times. It certainly wasn’t information she’d included in her leave request.

“Hello?” she answers neutrally to be safe, unsure if this is an official phone call or if it’s General Mustang trying to reach his old flame Elizabeth.

“Elizabeth, it’s been a long time,” a flirtatious baritone dances down the line and her annoyance melts away.

“Yes, Roy, it has,” she replies in kind, slipping easily into the familiar character. There’s only a slim chance now that his calls are being listened to - slim, but possible - so she plays along. She, Riza, has never referred to the General by his first name in her adult life, but Elizabeth is another story. It’s almost thrilling, and while she isn’t sure she imagines that he enjoys it as well. “To what do I owe the pleasure of hearing from you?”

“The workload is light this week; my Captain is out of town,” he explains. The Captain in question leans against the wall, holding the old fashioned earpiece up with a smile playing across her mouth. “I hope I’m not bothering you.”

“Not at all,” she replies, tone light and breezy. “I’ve just been doing some packing.”

“Packing?” he replies. “Not moving, I hope?”

“Not me, my cousin,” she tells him smoothly. “I just got back from her place. I was about to take a shower, actually.” Elizabeth is shameless. “Moving is hard work, it turns out.”

“I bet,” he says and she can hear him grinning. “Well if you never need any brute strength I’m available this weekend,” he offers and she knows it isn’t directed towards Elizabeth. “You can save all the unpleasant work for me, I’d be happy to come help.” She’s quiet for a moment, thinking of the study that needs to be cleaned out eventually. “Elizabeth?” his voice comes through, softer this time. “I mean it. Say the word and I’ll help any way I can.” She takes a shaky breath.

“Thank you, Roy,” she says, and means it. “But I- we’ll be fine. There’s not too much left to do. It was nice hearing from you,” she adds. “Feel free to call me more often.”

“I will,” he says. They say their goodbyes, her managing to squeeze in another use of his first name, and she returns to the work at hand, feeling somewhat comforted by the coded phone call.

The second call comes around dusk, surprising her as she’s leafing through a photo album that had to have been her mother’s. Pictures of Riza as a small child line the album, and stop abruptly when she’s about eight. Her father had clearly had no interest in finishing the book. She makes her way to the phone, wondering for only a second who it could be.

But of course, she knows.

“Checking up on me again?” she purrs into the mouthpiece of the old-fashioned phone, already in character.

“Multitasking,” he says briskly. He wasn’t calling Elizabeth, then, and she feels a flush of embarrassment for jumping the gun. “Captain, we’ve gotten orders to check up on Munin, and then we’re moving on to Werthem on the Fuhrer’s orders. I guess there was a break in at the house of a retired state alchemist and for some reason Grumman thinks Werthem could be a target.” She can hear the shrug in his voice, but without him in front of her it’s impossible to read what he’s thinking. It’s no accident that Grumman is sending Mustang’s crew to her tiny hometown; he would of course know precisely which alchemist lived in Werthem and would have reason not to want that alchemist’s work stolen. “We should be there in the morning.”

“Do you mean you’ll be in town or that you’ll be here as in my house?”

“I’ve got to go, Captain, have a good night!”

“Wait, General-”

There is a click as he hangs up and Riza slams the receiver down, irritated. She wants to believe he’s smart enough not to bring their entire team to her father’s house. She wants to, but she isn’t sure he has that kind of restraint. She spends most of the night cleaning up the ground floor, looking for any traces of him in the tarnished frames and worn leather albums. It’s not until she’s dug deeper, clearing out a disused drawer in the kitchen that she finds a solitary piece of paper with alchemical equations scrawled lazily in familiar handwriting. She means to throw it away, but instead fondly folds it up and tucks it into her pocket.

-x-

Chapter Two: Mortal/Immortal

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instantdeerlover · 4 years

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London Restaurants With New Delivery & Collection Options (2) added to Google Docs

London Restaurants With New Delivery & Collection Options (2)

As you know, London’s restaurants are closed for dine-in service. Things are changing though. Day by day, more and more restaurants are getting into collection and/or delivery, and others are offering new specials. Even though we might not be able to go to these restaurants and eat there, we can support them (and eat something great) by ordering their food. We’ll keep updating this guide with more information as we get it, so stay tuned, and stay well.

Got a restaurant tip? Email us at [email protected].

the spots Brigadiers £ £ £ £ Indian in City ££££ 1-5 Bloomberg Arcade 8.7 /10

Usually you’d go to Brigadiers to have a little butter chicken and biriyani party but, now, Brigadiers comes to you. The decadent and delicious City restaurant is delivering its Indian barbecue all around London. All the details can be found here.

Jolene £ £ £ £ Cafe/Bakery , Brunch in Hackney , Highbury ££££ 21 Newington Green 8.2 /10

This all-day café and bakery on Newington Green is open on a collection and takeaway basis only. It's just 10am till 3pm for now, with baked goods, wine, and food to go on offer, but there's talk of dinner time pick-up service coming soon.

Lina Stores – 51 Greek Street £ £ £ £ Italian in Soho ££££ 51 Greek Street 7.4 /10

Just imagine sitting at Lina Stores counter, surrounded by pastel green and, more importantly, pasta. One day friends, one day. In the mean time, you’ll have to channel some of that Soho atmosphere into your home, via Lina Stores’ online shop. They’re delivering fresh pasta, including artichoke and truffle ravioli, as well as pizza meal kits, and loads of essentials.

Hoppers £ £ £ £ Sri Lankan in Soho ££££ 49 Frith St 8.6 /10

Hoppers has been among the very best places in town to eat delicious spicy things ever since their first spot opened in Soho. Now they have two more branches (in Marylebone and King’s Cross) and all of them are open for delivery. You should definitely get involved with their bone marrow varuval, and the black pork kari. But honestly, anything you get delivered is going to make you very happy.

Sushi Atelier £ £ £ £ Japanese , Sushi in Fitzrovia ££££ 114 Great Portland Street 8.3 /10

Always one of the best bets for reasonably priced quality sushi in the West End, Sushi Atelier is now delivering. Choose from their huge range of sushi, sashimi, and rolls, or make life easy for yourself and just select one of their seven omakase options. Order here.

Frog by Adam Handling £ £ £ £ British in Covent Garden ££££ 34-38 Southampton Street 8.6 /10

Hame is a delivery and collection-only menu developed by Adam Handling and the team at The Frog. Whether you keep things relatively simple with sourdough and chicken butter and a pheasant pot pie that serves four to six people, or go all in with a wagyu beef tartare and a whole lobster, everything comes with full instructions for serving at home. You should also get probably also get involved with their wines and cocktails, so check out the menus here.

Endo at the Rotunda £ £ £ £ Sushi in White City ££££ 101 Wood Lane 9.4 /10

Endo was our highest rated new restaurant of 2019, and while the 18-course omakase we’d usually recommend isn’t being served right now, you can order a premium bento box which they’re delivering throughout London. Keep an eye on their Instagram and then act quickly because they sell out fast, with a share of the proceeds going to Hospitality in Action.

Manteca £ £ £ £ Italian in Soho ££££ 58-59 Great Marlborough Street 8.3 /10

This excellent and affordable pasta spot has now started offering a new at-home meal kit service based out of their Shoreditch sister restaurant, Smokestak. The kits contain a slab of focaccia, house salumi, and DIY pasta kits. For collection or delivery to EC and some E and N postcodes, order here.

Tram Store £ £ £ £ Clapton , Hackney ££££ 38 Upper Clapton Rd Not

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Yet

We like Tram Store for it’s delicious brunch, and even though you can’t get that delivered, they are delivering fruit and veg boxes, eggs, freshly baked pastries and other essentials, plus a Sunday roast which you can get for £14 a serving. Place your order here.

Little Georgia ££££ 87 Goldsmiths Row

Little Georgia is one of the best places in London to eat Georgian food and now that their Hackney spot is delivering, your house is too. Get your borscht, your khachapuri, and your chashushuli here.

Lanark Coffee £ £ £ £ Cafe/Bakery in Hackney ££££ 262 Hackney Rd

Dom’s Subs AKA Impeccable Sandwiches, are delivering their pretty... - what’s another word for impeccable... excellent sandwiches around Lanark Coffee on Hackney Road. Get subs filled with spicy Thai ground chicken, ham, salami, Swiss cheese and spicy sauerkraut, and more. Order for delivery or collection here.

Suzi Tros £ £ £ £ Greek in Notting Hill ££££ 18 Hillgate Street Not

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Suzi Tros is a fun and friendly Greek restaurant in Notting Hill serving some of our favourite meatballs in London. Those meatballs are now being delivered locally, along with other favourites from the menu like spanakopita, and pork belly souvlaki.

Mazi £ £ £ £ Greek in Notting Hill ££££ 12-14 Hillgate St 8.0 /10

Mazi is the sister restaurant of Suzi Tros. It’s a bit more grown up, a bit more serious, a bit more expensive, and definitely one of our favourite places to eat in Notting Hill. Order from their delivery menu for a special night in.

Naughty Piglets £ £ £ £ French in Brixton ££££ 28 Brixton Water Lane 8.2 /10

Naughty Piglets is a brilliant neighbourhood spot serving some great food and wine in Brixton. They’re only doing 40 covers a day, which means if you like the sound of dishes like BBQ pork belly with XO rice and Korean sauce, you’re going to have to keep your eye on their Instagram and place your order for the following week. And you’re going to need to move fast.

Crispin ££££ White's Row

Crispin’s an all-day restaurant in Spitalfields, but they’re limiting delivery to to breakfast and brunch for now. Options range from scrambled eggs with Berkswell on sourdough to daal, purple kale, and black turnip pickles on flatbread. They’re also delivering coffee. Order here.

Ugly Dumpling £ £ £ £ Soho ££££ 1 Newburgh Street Not

Rated

Yet

As well as being our quarantine nickname, Ugly Dumpling is delivering it’s new-age dumplings, frozen, with cooking instructions. Choose from fillings like satay chicken, prawn and chive, and mushroom and truffle. DM them on Instagram to place an order.

Forza Wine ££££ 133a Rye Ln

This popular Peckham hangout is taking orders for Friday night dinners for two. For £45, you get the ‘Forza Road’ concept, which includes three courses, with the main course requiring some cooking at home. You can check out the menu and order here.

Cérès ££££ 74 Green Lanes, Stoke Newington

Cérès is a Southern European restaurant in Newington Green which is now open for takeaway and delivery. They’ve got everything to make your meal special, from handcut sirloin tartare and duck breast, to fresh pappardelle and birthday cakes. Plus, they’ve got plenty of wines to choose from and their signature watermelon margarita. Order here.

Artusi £ £ £ £ Mediterranean , Italian in Peckham ££££ 161 Bellenden Rd 7.5 /10

This popular neighbourhood Italian restaurant has some very good pasta, and meaty mains, which they’re now delivering as DIY meals to cook at home. Order their confit duck, lamb ragu, and more here.

Brunswick House Cafe ££££ 30 Wandsworth Rd.

Brunswick House in Vauxhall has recently launched Brunswick at Home where you can get their British food delivered to your door. Pick between the à la carte choices, or order a set menu dinner for two starting from £35. You can also order cocktails, beer, and keg wine pouches.

Din Tai Fung £ £ £ £ Taiwanese in Covent Garden ££££ 5-6 Henrietta St 6.9 /10

Almost the whole Din Tai Fung’s menu is now available for delivery, from their special noodle soup with braised beef through to wontons and steamed buns. Sadly the xiao long bao aren’t on the menu for now, but their shao mai, jiao zi, and steamed buns are all available in a number of varieties.

The Coal Office ££££ 4-10 Bagley Walk Arches

The Coal Office in King’s Cross have started a Fresh Food Hub. Which means you can follow their Instagram to find out which recipe they’re going to be making tomorrow and pre-order it today by emailing [email protected]. If you’d rather make it yourself, there’s the option of having the ingredients delivered so you can follow the recipe with them.

Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecôte £ £ £ £ Steaks in Marylebone ££££ 120 Marylebone Ln 7.0 /10

The London branch of steak restaurant Le Relais de Venise is famous for only having one option. It’s always been like that. You get steak. You get special sauce. You get french fries. And you get a green salad. Somethings never change. But somethings do. And now, for a limited time only - or until the pandemic is over - you can order delivery of a baguette filled with steak, sauce, and french fries. The only choices you need to make is whether you want more fries on the side and which of their four desserts you’re going to get. Order here.

Mac & Wild ££££ 65 Great Titchfield St

Mac and Wild have been making nationwide deliveries of their butcher’s supplies since early in the pandemic, but their venimoo burger kits are a newer offering. £28 gets you everything you need for four burgers made up of a beef patty, a venison patty, cheese, lettuce, gherkins, two sauces, and some mustard. Order here.

Climpson & Sons £ £ £ £ Cafe/Bakery in Hackney ££££ 67 Broadway Market

The always-popular east London coffee shop is delivering ‘Brunch at Home’, a weekly changing cook-at-home series that works with excellent restaurants nearby - like Brat, The Marksman, Lardo, Som Saa - and includes coffee, plus a boozy drink.

Bao £ £ £ £ Taiwanese in Fitzrovia ££££ 31 Windmill St Not

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London’s favourite Taiwanese restaurant has launched it’s own delivery service which, in true Bao style, looks and tastes fantastic. Rice Error is available from their Borough and Fitzrovia locations (with Kings Cross and Hackney incoming). The cha shao pork belly rice box is particularly mouthwatering and we’re happy to report that their famous fried chicken travels well. Very well.

Berenjak £ £ £ £ Middle Eastern in Soho ££££ 27 Romilly Street 7.6 /10

The Persian spot in Soho is opening kitchens across north, south, east, west and central, to ensure that large swathes of London can enjoy their jujeh kebabs and oh-so-smooth hummus in the comfort of their own home. Check their website for details where you are.

Leroy £ £ £ £ Modern European in Shoreditch ££££ 18 Phipp Street 7.9 /10

Leroy has moved some letters about in its name (and yes, added one more) to launch Royale, a new rotisserie chicken delivery service. Half a juicy chicken, seasoned with their own blend of herbs and spices, will set you back £12. Or a whole bird with potatoes and salad to share is £38. There’s a cod’s roe side and dips like roast chicken aioli too.

Mildreds ££££ 200 Pentonville Rd

Vegetarian haven Mildreds is delivering from its King’s Cross and Dalston locations. There’s a vegan Sri Lankan curry, mock duck bahn mi, heat-at-home meals, and more.

Smokestak £ £ £ £ BBQ in Shoreditch ££££ 35 Sclater St 8.5 /10

Barbecue-season is incoming, and there’s no better place to get inspiration from then Smokestak. The Saturday-only takeaway and NE London delivery service features their famous brisket, pulled pork, spicy sausage, and more. Like all the best things in life, the sides are measured in pints, and we’d get a couple of the burnt end beans for sure.

Burro e Salvia £ £ £ £ Italian in Shoreditch ££££ 52 Redchurch St 8.3 /10

If you’re around Shoreditch, then you’ll want to know that handmade pasta pros Burro e Salvia are open for delivery and collection. Whether you go for ricotta and parsley tortelloni, or agnolotti cavour with butter and sage, everything’s prepared ready for you to finish at home.

La Mia Mamma £ £ £ £ Italian in Chelsea ££££ 257 King’s Road 8.1 /10

La Mia Mamma has a special place in our hearts. And now that they’re sending out Mamma’s Survival Kits, they have our whole hearts. The kits range in size from enormous, to extremely large, to ‘small’, and include wine, pasta dough, pizza dough, sauces, a sense of hope, and so much more. You can find them all here.

Clipstone Restaurant £ £ £ £ British in Fitzrovia ££££ 5 Clipstone Street 8.6 /10

If you’re looking for something on the fancier side, then Clipstone is one of those restaurants where all the food looks like it should be part of Frieze. And now, you can get that those artful plates - like the beef, potato, and black truffle pithivier - to your door, alongside sides, wine, desserts, and those fancy truffle crisps.

Mao Chow £ £ £ £ Chinese , Vegan in Hackney ££££ 159A Mare St 7.5 /10

Hackney’s favourite Chinese-inspired vegan spot is doing local delivery and collection Wednesday - Saturday of their full menu, from those dan dan noodles, to mapo tofu, and langya potatoes.

Little Duck The Picklery £ £ £ £ Dalston ££££ 68 Dalston Road Not

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Little Duck At Home sounds like the nourishing Pixar film we could all do with watching (and gently sobbing to) right now, but it’s actually Little Duck The Picklery’s new Thursday to Sunday collection service. It ranges from a ‘Beirut Breakfast’ with flatbread, labneh, pistachio dukka and honey, to chicken, asparagus, and wild garlic pies. Check it out here.

Sake No Hana £ £ £ £ Japanese in St. James's ££££ 23 St James's St 7.6 /10

The high-end St. James’ sushi spot is delivering its maki, sashimi, nigiri, and set menus around the West End. There are also set menu options for up to 4 people and a £100 bottle of sake if you’re looking to make a memorable takeaway a little more hazy.

Theo's Pizzeria £ £ £ £ Pizza in Camberwell ££££ 2 Grove Lane 8.3 /10

You can find some of our favourite pizza in London at Theo’s. Or rather, it can find you because you can order it right to your door. These chewy, saucy, Neapolitan-style pizzas are available for collection and delivery from both their Camberwell and Elephant and Castle restaurants.

Briciole £ £ £ £ Italian in Marylebone ££££ 20 Homer St Not

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Modern Italian trattoria Briciole is now open for takeaway. You can get essential food and groceries from the deli and hot meals from the restaurant. The pastas are good, particularly the gnocchi, which we would order alongside a burrata, and a bottle of wine. Check out the full menu and pre-order for collection by calling 020 7723 0040.

Passo £ £ £ £ Italian in Shoreditch ££££ 80 City Rd Not

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Passo To Go is delivering fresh pasta, sauces, and pizza kits anywhere within the M25. Sauces range from a sausage and nduja ragu to charred courgette, and pizza kits come in couple and family-sized packs.

The Sea, The Sea ££££ 174 Pavilion Road

“The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli”. That’s one of our favourite Seinfeld quotes. It isn’t related to this Chelsea fishmongers and restaurant, but we thought you should know it. You should also know that The Sea, The Sea are delivering things like mixed sashimi platters or a lobster salad, as well as black cod with miso and rice.

Hill & Szrok ££££ 60 Broadway Market

The Broadway Market butcher and restaurant are stocking bits from friends nearby, like Dusty Knuckle sourdough, or fresh pasta from Ombra, as well as their own ramen packs, complete with pork broth and pork belly. Check their Insta for updates.

Cafe Murano ££££ 184 Bermondsey Street

The Bermondsey branch of this Italian mini-chain has re-opened and is now selling fresh pasta, sauces, meal kits, a selection of produce ranging from meatballs to wine, as well as the chef’s daily special which you can cook at home. Place your order here.

True Craft £ £ £ £ Pizza in Tottenham ££££ 68 West Green Rd 8.0 /10

You can enjoy True Craft’s delicious sourdoughs, including our favourite, the Bang! Pepper, from the comfort of your own home if you’re lucky to live within a couple of miles of their South Tottenham base. Order pizza here.

Lyon's ££££ 1 Park Road

Whilst isolation has got you calling fish fingers lightly-crumbed cod digits, Lyon’s has started delivering for the first time. This seafood specialist is delivering things like crispy softshell crab burgers and a very casual whole chargrilled plaice with seaweed butter, straight to your door. You can order here.

Quality Wines £ £ £ £ British in Clerkenwell , Farringdon ££££ 88 - 94 Farringdon Road 8.0 /10

Quality Wines do indeed deliver quality wines. Well done, Sherlock. But more importantly, this romantic little Farringdon wine bar is also delivering a changing weekly menu of things like gnochetti sarde with fennel sausage, aubergine caponata, and pistachio upside down cake. Planning a date night? Each meal serves two.

Provisions £ £ £ £ Wine Bar in Highbury , Islington ££££ 167 Holloway Road Not

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For the sake of our dignity we’re not going to disclose how much cheese we’ve ordered from Holloway’s Provisions since lockdown began. But we are going to encourage you to do the same. Expect excellent wines, cheese, and charcuterie.

Lurra £ £ £ £ Spanish in Marylebone ££££ 9 Seymour Place 8.3 /10

Option one: call your ex and say something along the lines of ‘so like, lockdown. Mad isn’t it? Would you be interested in marrying me for a bit?’. Option two: call 020 7724 4545 to order grilled octopus and suckling lamb shoulder from Lurra. We know which one we’d pick. This top Spanish spot in Marylebone is also delivering meat, cheesecake slices, and wine across London from their online shop.

Hakkasan ££££ 17 Bruton St

No, you’re not going to put some raw tuna on a seaweed crisp and call it dim sum. Order from high-end Chinese restaurant Hakkasan in Mayfair instead. There’s a whole Peking duck. There’s a classic steamed dim sum selection. And there’s a champagne brunch for two that’s got ‘Welcome to your isolation birthday babe’ written all over it.

Iberica ££££ 89 Turnmill St

Eating a whole leg of ibérica jamon for breakfast? Do it. The rulebook went out the window around minute six of lockdown. As well as that casual leg of jamon, Spanish restaurant Ibérica are delivering other cured meats, artisan cheeses, and frozen wild Atlantic peeled prawns from all four of their London restaurants. Frozen octopus leg? Yup, they’ve got that too.

Orasay ££££ 31 Kensington Park Road

Fried haddock sandwiches are basically the fish finger butty glow-up we never knew we needed. As well as seafood, Orasay in Notting Hill are delivering fresh, sophisticated meals like pot roast duck leg with a soy, orange, and honey sauce and burrata with wild garlic and baby peas. Crucial information: there are batched cocktails for two you should probably order as well.

Arros QD ££££ 64 Eastcastle Street

Crispy baby squid is now what we call our flatmate after they spent a little too much time out on the balcony during the good weather. But, importantly, it’s also one of the tapas dishes you’ll find on Arros’ delivery menu. They specialise in paella, there are several variations to choose from, as well as grilled octopus and plenty of wine.

Roka £ £ £ £ Japanese , Sushi in Fitzrovia ££££ 37 Charlotte St Not

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We have three words for you. Crispy. Prawn. Maki. Fitzrovia’s sleek and sophisticated Japanese spot, Roka, is now bringing their spicy tuna maki, salmon fillet teriyaki, kimchi steamed rice, and more, to you. There are also plenty of wines and sake to get involved in.

Melabes £ £ £ £ Mediterranean in Kensington ££££ 221 Kensington High Street Not

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Melabes is a cool and casual Kensington restaurant that specialises in traditional Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food. Basically, if it goes with tahini it’s on their menu. Open seven days a week, they also have kids options, beer, and super smooth hummus. In case we weren’t clear, order the hummus.

The Compton Arms £ £ £ £ British , Pub in Islington ££££ 4 Compton Avenue 8.0 /10

There’s something uniquely disappointing about homemade burgers. Or at least there is with ours. Which is why it’s an enormous relief to know that Four Legs are making their cheeseburger for delivery and collection from The Compton Arms. It’s available between 6pm - 10pm daily and if you’re in the delivery zone and want something meaty to your door, then slide into their DMs.

Top Cuvée £ £ £ £ Modern European , Wine Bar in Highbury ££££ 177B Blackstock Rd 7.5 /10

Wine bar and small plates spot Top Cuvée has rebranded itself as Shop Cuvée and is offering a range of different food and drink options on their website. There’s a set meal for two for £40, a load of beers and wine, and more.

1251 ££££ 107 Upper Street

1251 have started a new delivery service called Around The Cluck, and they’re delivering their jerk chicken, cauliflower, and more. You can order online.

Trattoria N16 £ £ £ £ Italian in Highbury ££££ 44-45 Newington Green Not

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Trattoria N16 are now delivering their wood-fired pizzas, Italian small plates, and salads. Order here.

The Cheese Bar £ £ £ £ American , Sandwiches in Camden ££££ Unit 93 North Yard Not

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The Cheese Bar are moving all over London in their cheese truck to deliver self-isolation selections of the good stuff, on top of wine if you want it as well. Visit their website to check out when they’ll be near you.

Franks Canteen £ £ £ £ British , Brunch in Highbury ££££ 86 Highbury Park Not

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This neighbourhood cafe in Highbury is now takeaway or collection only. You can check out their menu here and call them on 0207 354 4830 to order.

Farang £ £ £ £ Thai in Highbury ££££ 72 Highbury Park 7.6 /10

Farang is a Thai restaurant in Highbury with excellent curries. They’re now offering no-contact collection of grocery boxes, alcohol, and meal kits. Call 020 7226 1609 to order.

Rubedo £ £ £ £ Modern European in Stoke Newington ££££ 35 Stoke Newington Church Street 8.3 /10

This seasonal Italian restaurant in Stoke Newington has launched a new takeaway and delivery service. You can find changing menus on their Instagram, and call them on 0207 254 0364 to order. It’s minimum of £25 for delivery.

Mr Bao £ £ £ £ Taiwanese in Peckham ££££ 293 Rye Ln 8.1 /10

If you’re around Peckham, consider getting in touch with Mr Bao. They’re delivering packs of frozen dumplings as well as favourites from their menu. Order here.

Casa do Frango £ £ £ £ Portuguese in Southwark ££££ 32 Southwark St Not

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Peri-peri chicken specialists Casa Do Frango are now coming straight to you with their marinated half chicken, bacalao fritters, and hand cut fries. Delivery is available from both their London Bridge and Shoreditch locations.

Juliet's ££££ 110 Mitcham Road

Tooting Broadway’s favourite brunch hotspot is now delivering its sandwiches and buckwheat pancakes if you live nearby. Order here or head over to their website for deliveries further afield.

Made of Dough ££££ 182 Bellenden Road

Independent Neapolitan pizza specialists Made Of Dough are now delivering their chewy numbers to your door from their HQ in Peckham.

Abd El Wahab £ £ £ £ Middle Eastern in Chelsea , Victoria ££££ 1-3 Pont Street Not

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You can now get Abd El Wahab’s excellent Lebanese food delivered from Battersea. We’d go for the fattoush salad, hommos, and eggplant fatteh. Order here

Snackbar £ £ £ £ Japanese , Sandwiches , Brunch in Dalston ££££ 20 Dalston Lane 8.0 /10

We’re big fans of Snackbar’s kimchi and stichelton toastie and for the moment, we’re still big fans of our sofa. Together, unstoppable. You can get it delivered straight to your door if you’re within a 3 mile radius of this Dalston spot, as well as their rice bowls, snacks, and some very casual fermented things. Order here.

Beigel Bake £ £ £ £ Deli in Shoreditch ££££ 159 Brick Ln 8.1 /10

Beigel Bake is London’s most famous beigel shop, and earlier this year they very quietly launched their own delivery app. Now’s the time to use it. That famous salt beef beigel (complete with a tear-inducing dollop of English mustard) can be delivered all over, as well as their plain beigels for 30p each. They’ve even got their full dessert and pastry selection too. And nobody can say no to that chocolate fudge brownie.

Pophams Hackney £ £ £ £ Cafe/Bakery in Hackney ££££ 197 Richmond Road 8.2 /10

When we first discovered Pophams, we felt more at home there than we did in our actual homes. Mostly because we thought we’d have an in-house pastry chef by this point in our lives. But now that Pophams have a new takeaway and delivery service you can pretend that you do by placing an order via this link for the following week. If you live near either their Hackney or Islington spots then you can takeaway from there.

Lucky And Joy £ £ £ £ Chinese in Clapton , Hackney ££££ 95 Lower Clapton Road 8.0 /10

Lucky & Joy are delivering their 10/10 sesame noodles, big plate chicken, grilled aubergine, and more to east London. There are also rice bowls for under £10, and it’s 50% off for NHS workers, and free delivery anyone over 55.

OMBRA ££££ 1 Vyner St

Venetian specialists Ombra are offering a handmade pasta and sauce collection service for you to cook at home. At the moment it’s available if you’re near their restaurant in Cambridge Heath.

Pidgin Experimental in Hackney 52 Wilton Way Not

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Pidgin is a casual, cool fine dining spot in Hackney that you’d usually save for a special occasion. Now they’ve launched Homing Pigeon - a £25 a head, three-course collection service, with a daily changing menu. Book online by midday or call 020 7254 8311.

The Dusty Knuckle Bakery £ £ £ £ Sandwiches in Dalston ££££ Abbot St Car Park Not

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Dalston bakery the Dusty Knuckle will begin delivering their excellent sourdough, pastries, and sandwiches to east London locals. Find the link on their website or Instagram.

The Laughing Heart £ £ £ £ Modern European , Wine Bar in Hackney ££££ 277 Hackney Road Not

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East London’s favourite late-night wine bar is now delivering bread, frozen dumplings, charcuterie, as well as finish-at-home meals like parmigiana and beef shin stew.

Krapow £ £ £ £ Thai in Clapton , Hackney ££££ 62 Chatsworth Rd Not

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Krapow is a restaurant in Clapton with some seriously tasty Thai-inspired food. They’re now delivering locally, so if you live nearby and you like the sound of saucy pork mince with chilli and tomato, then order the nam price ong.

Casa Fofó £ £ £ £ Modern European , Vegetarian in Hackney ££££ 158 Sandringham Road 8.1 /10

Casa Fofó is a romantic spot in Hackney that’s now delivering bread on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, as well as their house charcuterie, butter, and pastries. You can check their produce list on their website and order by texting 07526 850 369 before 10am on Mondays and Thursdays.

BunBunBun Vietnamese Food ££££ 134B Kingsland Rd

BunBunBun is a Vietnamese restaurant with two spots - one in Dalston and one in Hoxton. You can get their pho, bun, and summer rolls delivered from both, with the Hoxton location offering 20% off the whole menu.

Singburi £ £ £ £ Thai in Leytonstone ££££ 593 High Rd Leytonstone Not

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Singburi is a popular Thai restaurant in Leytonstone that’s now open for takeaway and collection only. Check out their Instagram for the menu and call them on 020 8281 4801 to order and tell them what time you’d like to collect.

Randy's Wing Bar ££££ 28 East Bay Lane

This spot in Hackney Wick has some great buffalo wings (with imaginative sauces), which you can now order online.

Tokyo Pizza £ £ £ £ Pizza in Maida Vale ££££ 47 Maida Vale Not

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Tokyo Pizza is a restaurant in Maida Vale where you can get pizzas with Japanese inspired toppings, like kimchi and salami, and wagyu pizza. They’re now offering delivery so you can experiment with their pizza and sake at home.

Yashin Sushi £ £ £ £ Japanese , Sushi in Kensington ££££ 1A Argyll Rd. 8.5 /10

Mixed sushi sets, spicy tuna rolls, yellowtail carpaccio, and salmon ikura donburi. Those are just some of the dishes you can now collect from Yashin, a high-end Japanese spot in South Kensington that we rate very highly. You can also pick up their creative sushi boxes daily from The Notting Hill Fish Shop.

Albertine £ £ £ £ Wine Bar in Shepherds Bush ££££ 1 Wood Ln Not

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This little wine bar in White City is delivering wine and food to local customers who spend a minimum of £120. They’re also open for take-away - you can find the menu on their website.

Saporitalia £ £ £ £ Pizza , Italian in Notting Hill ££££ 222 Portobello Rd 7.9 /10

Saporitalia is a proper old school family-run Italian in Notting Hill that delivers pastas, pizzas, a couple lowkey salads, and your classic dolce. And yes, that tiramisu order is absolutely necessary.

Morso ££££ 130 Boundary Road

Morso is a homemade pasta restaurant off Abbey Road, with some pretty lovely pasta. You can find their new home delivery menu here and order ingredients, or their ready-cooked meals. We’d recommend their polenta chips, and the cacio e pepe.

Hide £ £ £ £ Modern European in Mayfair ££££ 85 Piccadilly 8.7 /10

Hide is a huge, fancy, three-story fine dining restaurant in Mayfair that’s created a streamlined menu of some of their most popular dishes, like their signature truffled eggs and plenty of other things you never thought you’d eat on your sofa. You can find them on the Supper app.

The Oystermen - Seafood Bar & Kitchen £ £ £ £ Seafood in Covent Garden ££££ 32 Henrietta Street Not

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If there was ever a time to learn how to cook an entire skate wing at home, it’s now. Covent Garden seafood specialist, The Oystermen, are doing next-day delivery on a big range of their fresh fish as well as other produce like pork chops and a range of vegetables.

Yauatcha £ £ £ £ Chinese , Dim Sum in Soho ££££ 15-17 Broadwick St 7.7 /10

Yauatcha is a flash Chinese restaurant in Soho that serves delicious dim sum and desserts, which you can now get delivered to your home. The Venison puffs are a must-order.

Nonna Tonda ££££ 191 Victoria St

This hand-made pasta spot in Victoria is now delivering fresh DIY pasta kits across London. Each kit has enough fresh pasta, sauce, and grated parmesan for two. Order from their website.

The Lebanese Bakery ££££ Drury House

This Middle Eastern bakery in Covent Garden is now delivering its Lebanese flatbread, and offering group packages for 15% off. We’d go for the minced beef, lamb, and pomegranate manousheh.

Monty's Deli £ £ £ £ Deli in Covent Garden ££££ 35 Earlham St Not

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This Jewish deli sells some of our favourite pastrami and salt beef in London. And they’re now delivering their meat and bagels nationwide. You can order them here.

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Islamic State ally stakes out territory around Lake Chad

ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – From the shores of Lake Chad, Islamic State’s West African ally is on a mission: winning over the local people.

FILE PHOTO: Men on camels cross the water as a woman washes clothes in Lake Chad in Ngouboua, January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun/File Photo

Digging wells, giving out seeds and fertilizer and providing safe pasture for herders are among the inducements offered by Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), which split from Nigeria’s Boko Haram in 2016.

“If you are a herder, driver or trader, they won’t touch you – just follow their rules and regulations governing the territory,” said a herder, who moves cattle in and out of ISWA territory and whose identity Reuters is withholding for his safety. “They don’t touch civilians, just security personnel.”

The campaign, which has created an economy for ISWA to tax, is part of the armed insurgent group’s push to control territory in northeastern Nigeria and in Niger.

ISWA stretches farther and is more entrenched than officials have acknowledged, according to witnesses, people familiar with the insurgency, researchers and Western diplomats who have for the first time provided details of the group’s growing efforts to establish a form of administration in the Lake Chad area.

A map produced by the U.S. development agency in February and seen by Reuters shows how ISWA territory extends more than 100 miles into the northeastern Nigerian states of Borno and Yobe, where government has in many areas all but vanished after a decade of conflict.

The Islamists have not been defeated, as Nigeria says, and researchers say ISWA, less extreme than Boko Haram, has evolved into the dominant group. The U.S. map paints a similar picture, with ISWA operating in much of Borno.

“Islamic State has a terrible reputation for being so brutal around the world, and people can’t imagine an Islamic State faction could be more moderate (than Boko Haram),” said Jacob Zenn, of The Jamestown Foundation in Washington D.C.

The Lake Chad countries – Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon – have long neglected the region, allowing ISWA to create a stronghold from which to launch attacks. Its gains contrast with setbacks for Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

It makes sense for ISWA to organize the local economy and raise taxes, said Vincent Foucher, who studies Boko Haram at the French National Centre for Science Research.

“It opens the longer game of trying to create a connection to people,” he said, adding that if ISWA succeeds it may become a greater threat than Boko Haram.

In 2015, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari pledged to finish off Boko Haram. Officials maintain this has been achieved, although the conflict continues into its tenth year. A presidency spokesman declined to comment for this story.

“THEY ARE NOT A GOVERNMENT”

Analysts estimate that ISWA has 3,000-5,000 fighters, about double Boko Haram’s strength. But ISWA’s territory is not completely secure. The Nigerian air force often bombs, and troops from Lake Chad countries attack the insurgents’ domain around its shores and islands.

Nigeria’s armed forces “just see them as Boko Haram,” said Brigadier General John Agim, spokesman for the Nigerian military, at a briefing. “We are not interested in the faction, what has that got to do with it?”

“They are not a government, they kidnap girls from schools,” Agim told Reuters in a separate interview.

The military has announced an operation “to totally destroy Boko Haram locations in the Lake Chad Basin” – ISWA’s domain – and end the insurgency within four months.

But ISWA has so far proven intractable in its Lake Chad bases, where troops have been unable to make effective inroads, according to a Western diplomat who follows the group. The Nigerian military had “completely lost the initiative against the insurgency,” they said.

The diplomat said ISWA was ready to cede less important areas because the military cannot hold them. “However, they maintain absolute control over the islands and immediate areas near them where they train, live, etc.��

The U.S., British and French militaries are helping regional governments with intelligence and training. Western officials declined, or did not respond to, requests for comment.

ISWA protects locals from Boko Haram, something Nigeria’s army cannot always do. That, according to one of the people with knowledge of the insurgency, has won the group local backing and eroded support for the military.

ISWA is led by Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the son of Boko Haram’s founder, Muhammed Yusuf, whose killing by police in 2009 sparked an Islamist insurgency in Nigeria that, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, has so far cost more than 34,000 lives.

ISWA’s leaders are low-profile, not appearing in videos or claiming responsibility for attacks, possibly to avoid the international media, and the ire of regional governments. Reuters was unable to contact the group for comment.

This contrasts with the wholesale violence of Boko Haram under the publicity-hungry Abubakar Shekau, who has executed even close lieutenants. His group has strapped suicide bombs to women and children to attack civilians in mosques, markets and refugee camps.

SPIES EVERYWHERE

Boko Haram and ISWA are bloody rivals, but some travelers in ISWA territory feel safer than elsewhere in Nigeria’s northeast.

“They have checkpoints for stop and search, and if you are a regular visitor they know you,” said a second herder, adding that ISWA has spies everywhere, including informers who alert them to military attacks.

He described seeing Islamic State’s black flags and said preachers were used to win people over.

Under ISWA, men must wear long beards, night-time movements are restricted, and prayers are compulsory, the herder said. Offenders can get 40 lashes.

The herders said ISWA provides safe grazing for about 2,500 naira ($8) a cow and 1,500 naira ($5) for smaller animals. ISWA also runs slaughterhouses for the cattle, taking a cut for each animal, as well as from other activities like gathering firewood.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Maiduguri is the biggest city in Nigeria’s northeast, the center of the military’s fight against Boko Haram.

But rural areas largely remain no-go zones for the authorities. It is there that ISWA is making its mark, offering people protection, particularly from Boko Haram.

“Al-Barnawi is sending people into IDP (displaced persons) camps to encourage people to return and farm, and the people are,” said a person with knowledge of ISWA’s activities.

The person said Nigeria’s military plays into the insurgents’ hands by shutting down markets to deny supplies to the group, while ISWA encourages business.

“They are friendly and nice to those who come to the area, while they indoctrinate other people and sometimes they bring motorcycles for those who want to join them,” a charcoal maker said.

DISTANT RELATIONS

Despite its name, experts believe ISWA’s ties to Islamic State in the Middle East are limited.

“What’s clear from ISWA primary source documents is that ISWA has asked IS for theological guidance on who it is lawful to attack,” said Zenn. Daily activities, including military operations, are left to its own leaders, he said.

Others say the insurgency lacks the broader appeal of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

“ISWA is the largest IS affiliate, but it’s very much a Nigerian organization. It doesn’t have foreign fighters coming, it’s hard to get to this place,” said the Western diplomat.

What fighters it does have can carry out targeted attacks, including the February kidnapping of 100 schoolgirls from the town of Dapchi, most later released without explanation, and a deadly raid on a Nigerian military base in March.

But ISWA faces a dilemma: while wooing the population, it has harshly punished those who resist it, for example massacring dozens of fishermen last August, and this could hurt its standing with local people.

“It’s important not to paint too rosy a picture,” said Foucher, the researcher.

Reporting by Paul Carsten in Abuja and Ahmed Kingimi in Maiduguri; Additional reporting by Ola Lanre in Maiduguri; Editing by Giles Elgood

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Islamic State ally stakes out territory around Lake Chad

ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – From the shores of Lake Chad, Islamic State’s West African ally is on a mission: winning over the local people.

FILE PHOTO: Men on camels cross the water as a woman washes clothes in Lake Chad in Ngouboua, January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun/File Photo

The campaign, which has created an economy for ISWA to tax, is part of the armed insurgent group’s push to control territory in northeastern Nigeria and in Niger.

It makes sense for ISWA to organize the local economy and raise taxes, said Vincent Foucher, who studies Boko Haram at the French National Centre for Science Research.

“It opens the longer game of trying to create a connection to people,” he said, adding that if ISWA succeeds it may become a greater threat than Boko Haram.

“THEY ARE NOT A GOVERNMENT”

“They are not a government, they kidnap girls from schools,” Agim told Reuters in a separate interview.

The military has announced an operation “to totally destroy Boko Haram locations in the Lake Chad Basin” – ISWA’s domain – and end the insurgency within four months.

The U.S., British and French militaries are helping regional governments with intelligence and training. Western officials declined, or did not respond to, requests for comment.

SPIES EVERYWHERE

Boko Haram and ISWA are bloody rivals, but some travelers in ISWA territory feel safer than elsewhere in Nigeria’s northeast.

He described seeing Islamic State’s black flags and said preachers were used to win people over.

Under ISWA, men must wear long beards, night-time movements are restricted, and prayers are compulsory, the herder said. Offenders can get 40 lashes.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Maiduguri is the biggest city in Nigeria’s northeast, the center of the military’s fight against Boko Haram.

But rural areas largely remain no-go zones for the authorities. It is there that ISWA is making its mark, offering people protection, particularly from Boko Haram.

“Al-Barnawi is sending people into IDP (displaced persons) camps to encourage people to return and farm, and the people are,” said a person with knowledge of ISWA’s activities.

The person said Nigeria’s military plays into the insurgents’ hands by shutting down markets to deny supplies to the group, while ISWA encourages business.

“They are friendly and nice to those who come to the area, while they indoctrinate other people and sometimes they bring motorcycles for those who want to join them,” a charcoal maker said.

DISTANT RELATIONS

Despite its name, experts believe ISWA’s ties to Islamic State in the Middle East are limited.

Others say the insurgency lacks the broader appeal of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

“ISWA is the largest IS affiliate, but it’s very much a Nigerian organization. It doesn’t have foreign fighters coming, it’s hard to get to this place,” said the Western diplomat.

“It’s important not to paint too rosy a picture,” said Foucher, the researcher.

Reporting by Paul Carsten in Abuja and Ahmed Kingimi in Maiduguri; Additional reporting by Ola Lanre in Maiduguri; Editing by Giles Elgood

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Islamic State ally stakes out territory around Lake Chad

ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – From the shores of Lake Chad, Islamic State’s West African ally is on a mission: winning over the local people.

FILE PHOTO: Men on camels cross the water as a woman washes clothes in Lake Chad in Ngouboua, January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun/File Photo

The campaign, which has created an economy for ISWA to tax, is part of the armed insurgent group’s push to control territory in northeastern Nigeria and in Niger.

It makes sense for ISWA to organize the local economy and raise taxes, said Vincent Foucher, who studies Boko Haram at the French National Centre for Science Research.

“It opens the longer game of trying to create a connection to people,” he said, adding that if ISWA succeeds it may become a greater threat than Boko Haram.

“THEY ARE NOT A GOVERNMENT”

“They are not a government, they kidnap girls from schools,” Agim told Reuters in a separate interview.

The military has announced an operation “to totally destroy Boko Haram locations in the Lake Chad Basin” – ISWA’s domain – and end the insurgency within four months.

The U.S., British and French militaries are helping regional governments with intelligence and training. Western officials declined, or did not respond to, requests for comment.

SPIES EVERYWHERE

Boko Haram and ISWA are bloody rivals, but some travelers in ISWA territory feel safer than elsewhere in Nigeria’s northeast.

He described seeing Islamic State’s black flags and said preachers were used to win people over.

Under ISWA, men must wear long beards, night-time movements are restricted, and prayers are compulsory, the herder said. Offenders can get 40 lashes.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Maiduguri is the biggest city in Nigeria’s northeast, the center of the military’s fight against Boko Haram.

But rural areas largely remain no-go zones for the authorities. It is there that ISWA is making its mark, offering people protection, particularly from Boko Haram.

“Al-Barnawi is sending people into IDP (displaced persons) camps to encourage people to return and farm, and the people are,” said a person with knowledge of ISWA’s activities.

The person said Nigeria’s military plays into the insurgents’ hands by shutting down markets to deny supplies to the group, while ISWA encourages business.

“They are friendly and nice to those who come to the area, while they indoctrinate other people and sometimes they bring motorcycles for those who want to join them,” a charcoal maker said.

DISTANT RELATIONS

Despite its name, experts believe ISWA’s ties to Islamic State in the Middle East are limited.

Others say the insurgency lacks the broader appeal of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

“ISWA is the largest IS affiliate, but it’s very much a Nigerian organization. It doesn’t have foreign fighters coming, it’s hard to get to this place,” said the Western diplomat.

“It’s important not to paint too rosy a picture,” said Foucher, the researcher.

Reporting by Paul Carsten in Abuja and Ahmed Kingimi in Maiduguri; Additional reporting by Ola Lanre in Maiduguri; Editing by Giles Elgood

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Islamic State ally stakes out territory around Lake Chad

ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – From the shores of Lake Chad, Islamic State’s West African ally is on a mission: winning over the local people.

FILE PHOTO: Men on camels cross the water as a woman washes clothes in Lake Chad in Ngouboua, January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun/File Photo

The campaign, which has created an economy for ISWA to tax, is part of the armed insurgent group’s push to control territory in northeastern Nigeria and in Niger.

It makes sense for ISWA to organize the local economy and raise taxes, said Vincent Foucher, who studies Boko Haram at the French National Centre for Science Research.

“It opens the longer game of trying to create a connection to people,” he said, adding that if ISWA succeeds it may become a greater threat than Boko Haram.

“THEY ARE NOT A GOVERNMENT”

“They are not a government, they kidnap girls from schools,” Agim told Reuters in a separate interview.

The military has announced an operation “to totally destroy Boko Haram locations in the Lake Chad Basin” – ISWA’s domain – and end the insurgency within four months.

The U.S., British and French militaries are helping regional governments with intelligence and training. Western officials declined, or did not respond to, requests for comment.

SPIES EVERYWHERE

Boko Haram and ISWA are bloody rivals, but some travelers in ISWA territory feel safer than elsewhere in Nigeria’s northeast.

He described seeing Islamic State’s black flags and said preachers were used to win people over.

Under ISWA, men must wear long beards, night-time movements are restricted, and prayers are compulsory, the herder said. Offenders can get 40 lashes.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Maiduguri is the biggest city in Nigeria’s northeast, the center of the military’s fight against Boko Haram.

But rural areas largely remain no-go zones for the authorities. It is there that ISWA is making its mark, offering people protection, particularly from Boko Haram.

“Al-Barnawi is sending people into IDP (displaced persons) camps to encourage people to return and farm, and the people are,” said a person with knowledge of ISWA’s activities.

The person said Nigeria’s military plays into the insurgents’ hands by shutting down markets to deny supplies to the group, while ISWA encourages business.

“They are friendly and nice to those who come to the area, while they indoctrinate other people and sometimes they bring motorcycles for those who want to join them,” a charcoal maker said.

DISTANT RELATIONS

Despite its name, experts believe ISWA’s ties to Islamic State in the Middle East are limited.

Others say the insurgency lacks the broader appeal of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

“ISWA is the largest IS affiliate, but it’s very much a Nigerian organization. It doesn’t have foreign fighters coming, it’s hard to get to this place,” said the Western diplomat.

“It’s important not to paint too rosy a picture,” said Foucher, the researcher.

Reporting by Paul Carsten in Abuja and Ahmed Kingimi in Maiduguri; Additional reporting by Ola Lanre in Maiduguri; Editing by Giles Elgood

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Islamic State ally stakes out territory around Lake Chad

ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – From the shores of Lake Chad, Islamic State’s West African ally is on a mission: winning over the local people.

FILE PHOTO: Men on camels cross the water as a woman washes clothes in Lake Chad in Ngouboua, January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun/File Photo

The campaign, which has created an economy for ISWA to tax, is part of the armed insurgent group’s push to control territory in northeastern Nigeria and in Niger.

It makes sense for ISWA to organize the local economy and raise taxes, said Vincent Foucher, who studies Boko Haram at the French National Centre for Science Research.

“It opens the longer game of trying to create a connection to people,” he said, adding that if ISWA succeeds it may become a greater threat than Boko Haram.

“THEY ARE NOT A GOVERNMENT”

“They are not a government, they kidnap girls from schools,” Agim told Reuters in a separate interview.

The military has announced an operation “to totally destroy Boko Haram locations in the Lake Chad Basin” – ISWA’s domain – and end the insurgency within four months.

The U.S., British and French militaries are helping regional governments with intelligence and training. Western officials declined, or did not respond to, requests for comment.

SPIES EVERYWHERE

Boko Haram and ISWA are bloody rivals, but some travelers in ISWA territory feel safer than elsewhere in Nigeria’s northeast.

He described seeing Islamic State’s black flags and said preachers were used to win people over.

Under ISWA, men must wear long beards, night-time movements are restricted, and prayers are compulsory, the herder said. Offenders can get 40 lashes.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Maiduguri is the biggest city in Nigeria’s northeast, the center of the military’s fight against Boko Haram.

But rural areas largely remain no-go zones for the authorities. It is there that ISWA is making its mark, offering people protection, particularly from Boko Haram.

“Al-Barnawi is sending people into IDP (displaced persons) camps to encourage people to return and farm, and the people are,” said a person with knowledge of ISWA’s activities.

The person said Nigeria’s military plays into the insurgents’ hands by shutting down markets to deny supplies to the group, while ISWA encourages business.

“They are friendly and nice to those who come to the area, while they indoctrinate other people and sometimes they bring motorcycles for those who want to join them,” a charcoal maker said.

DISTANT RELATIONS

Despite its name, experts believe ISWA’s ties to Islamic State in the Middle East are limited.

Others say the insurgency lacks the broader appeal of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

“ISWA is the largest IS affiliate, but it’s very much a Nigerian organization. It doesn’t have foreign fighters coming, it’s hard to get to this place,” said the Western diplomat.

“It’s important not to paint too rosy a picture,” said Foucher, the researcher.

Reporting by Paul Carsten in Abuja and Ahmed Kingimi in Maiduguri; Additional reporting by Ola Lanre in Maiduguri; Editing by Giles Elgood

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AN ANGEL OF MERCY BECOMES THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH I just returned in December from visiting the historic Carnton Plantation in Franklin Tennessee. While only one spot on the bloody battlefield of Franklin Tennessee on November 30th 1864, the story of that one bloody night is so incredibly horrific, that it defies the imagination. After the five hours of intense carnage and desperate hand to hand combat their would be roughly 10000 souls who were either killed, wounded or captured. Sarah North Martin was a resident of nearby Columbia, Tennessee just south of Franklin in November 1864 as both the Union and Confederate armies swept through the town during Southern General John Bell Hood’s “invasion” of Tennessee. Sarah, the wife of prominent local judge, William P. Martin, was taken by surprise on November 24, 1864 when two brigades of Union infantry under Brigadier General Jacob Dolson Cox Jr. commandeered ground on the Mount Pleasant Road. Before they were in position Union cavalrymen came hastily down the gravel road, fleeing from the brigades of Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry. Cox had three artillery batteries along with his troops on both sides of the road. More Confederate troops later arrived and sought to displace the Yankees. Sarah Martin’s thoughts as she and her family escaped, are part of a remarkable letter she sent to a relative:

The fighting commenced at our house, which is situated about 50 yards from the road on a high hill. I dare not write the particulars. Suffice it to say the Yankees had possession of our home & forced us to leave. We went to Mr. Martin’s fathers’ [i.e. George M. Martin], about 800 yards nearer town, taking with us the bedding of three beds & most of our wearing apparel. We were between the fires of the two contending parties for two days, & five shells struck [his] father’s house while [we] were in it, until we had to go down to a brick milk cellar in the yard, the minie balls falling on the roof like hail. The wounded Yankees [kept] passing through the yard, bleeding & screaming with pain. We could hear the yells of the Rebels as they charged & drove the Yankees toward town. At last, when the fight was evidently beyond us, I ran out quickly to avoid the sharpshooters, & entering the [George M. Martin] house, found Gen. [Colonel Edmund Winchester] Rucker’s staff, who showed us every courtesy. Each officer took charge of one of us, & led us in the line of the house, over to [our] home; procured an ambulance and sent us down to Gen. Pillow’s. [this was “Clifton,” four miles west of Columbia, the home of Brigadier General Gideon Johnson Pillow, who was married to her husband’s sister (Mary Martin Pillow)] Gen. [Brigadier General Stephen Dill] Lee had possession of our house, & artillery was planted in several places on the hill. The Yankees [had] sacked our house, & set fire to it, but Forrest came in time to extinguish the flames, before any serious damage was done. They [Yankees] threw our wheat into the pond, burned piles of bed clothes & books, & threw our china all over the yard, took the most of twenty-two hogs, and killed nineteen shoats, took all our horses, etc. In short I cannot enumerate our loss, or tell you how the Yankees treated us. We have ever since been living on biscuit[s] & milk, without a parcel of meat, for we have no money to buy with. You can have no conception of the oppression, & we dare not murmur. Even yesterday they came & took the only animal we had, a mule. Judge M. [i.e. her husband Judge William P. Martin] walked to town to day in the rain to try to get it back, but was unsuccessful, & now we have nothing to plow with, or to haul wood, for we had been driven to hauling wood in a cart. We are very anxious to sell & move to Texas… All our negroes ran off during the fight, & went with the Yankees in their retreat to Nashville. Some of them want to come back, but we will not receive them. The Lord has mercifully preserved our health, & I hope will bring us safely through these troubled times. Just six days later both armies raced towards Nashville for a final bloody showdown. The Union Army was delayed in Franklin due to the swollen Harpeth River. They were ordered to hold their position and dig defensive fortifications as a purely protective measure until they received pontoons from Nashville to move men and equipment across. They did not believe that a major battle would ensue their. But Confederate Lt. General John Bell Hood had other ideas. Seeing the Union Army split and penned against the swollen stream, he decided to launch an all out offensive. General Jacob Dolson on this day would awake Fountain Branch Carter at 4:30 AM to inform him that his home was being commandeered. As the likely spectre of a major battle grew more likely, the town residents hunkered down to bear a fear and horror no human being should ever have to experience. The following are a list of eyewitness accounts of that cold terrible November evening in 1864: "The Men seemed to realize that our charge on the works would attend with heavy slaughter, and several of them came to me bringing watches, jewelry, letters and photographs, asking me to take charge of them and send them to their families if they were killed. I had to decline as I was going with them and would be exposed to the same danger. I was vividly recalled to me the next morning, for I believe every one who made this request of me was killed." Chaplain James H. M'Neilly Quarles Brigade "When Conrads brigade took up its advanced postion we all supposed it would be only temporary, but soon an orderly came along the line with instructions for the company commanders, and he told me that the orders were to hold the postion to the last man, and to have my sergeants fix bayonets and to instruct my company that any man, not wounded, who should attempt to leave the line without orders, would be shot or bayonetted by the sergeants." Capt John K. Shellenberger 64th Ohio Inf. "When I regained consciousness I was laying in the ditch . . of running water and could feel the loose dirt fall in on me when Yankee bullets would strike the top of the ditch . . I became thirsty but had fallen on my canteen but could not get to it... I drank the water in the ditch and it was cold and good. I knew my sight was destroyed. I placed my hands under my forehead to keep my face from above water .. and fell asleep" Lt. Mintz 5th Arkansas, Govans Brigade I saw a Confederate soldier, close to me thrust one of our men through with a bayonet and before he could draw his weapon from the ghastly wound his brains were scattered on all of us that stood near, by the butt of a musket swung with terrific force by some big fellow whom I could not recognize in the grim dirt and smoke.. As I glanced hurredly around and heard the dull thuds, I turned from the sickening sight and glad to hide the vision in work with a hatchet for I had broken my sword. Col Wolf 64th Ohio Conrad's Brigade "The slaughtering could be seen down the line as far as the Columbia and Franklin Pike, and where the works crossed the pike . . . Our troops were killed by whole platoons, Our front line of battle seemed to have been cut down by the first discharge for in many places they were lying on their faces in almost as good order as if they had lain down on purpose; but no such order prevailed among the dead who fell in making the attempt to surmount the Cheval-de-frise, for hanging on the long spikes of this obstruction could be seen the mangled and torn remains of many of our soldiers who had been pierced by hundreds of minie balls and grape shot ... The ditch was full of dead men and we had to stand and sit upon them. The bottom of it from side to side was covered with blood to the depth of shoe soles" James M. Copley 49th Tennessee Quarles' Brigade " as evening came on the neighboors began to come in . . and we went down in the cellar. Grandpa had already put rolls of rope in the windows. . to keep the bullets out. The negroes crouched down in the dining room, and all the children & grand children and neighbors in the hall cellar, and granpa walked back and forth and watched out the window." "The first sound of the firing and the booming of cannons, we children all sat around our mothers and cried." Alice M. Nichol age 8 Tod Carters neice "The mangled bodies of the dead rebels weere piled up as high as the mouth of the embrasure and the gunners said that repeatedly when the lanyard was pulled the embrasure was filled with men crowding forward to get in who were literally blown from the mouth of the cannon. Only one rebel got past the muzzle of the gun and one of the gunners snatched up a pick and killed him with that. the ditch was piled promiscuously with the dead and badly wounded and heads arms and legs were sticking out in almost every conceivable manner. The ground near the ditch was filled with the moans of the wounded and the pleadings of some of those who saw me for water and for help were heartrending." Capt John K. Shellenberger 64th Ohio Inf. Conrad's Brigade "Nothing could be heard but the wails of the wounded and the dying, some calling for their friends, some praying to be relieved of their awful suffering and thousands in the deep agonizing throes of death filled the air with mouthful sounds and dying groans" Capt. Hickey 1st Missouri Cockrells Brigade "I could hear the wounded calling for help in every direction. I again wanted water and thought I would again drink from the water in the ditch, biut this time it tasted of blood and I managed to get my canteen from under me and drank from it." Lt. Mintz 5th Arkansas, Govans Brigade (who has been blinded) "I stood on the parapet just before midnight and saw all that could be seen. I saw and heard all that the eyes, or my rent soul contemplate in such an awful environment. It was a spectacle to chill the stoutest heart...the wounded shivering in the chilled November air; the heartrending cries of the desperately wounded and the prayers of the dying filled me with an anguish that language cannot describe. From that hour I have hated war. Colonel Isaac Sherwoood 111th Ohio Infantry "I remember seeing one poor fellow, sitting up and leaning back against something whose lower jaw had been cut off by a grape shot, and his tongue and under lip were hanging down on his breast. I knelt down and asked if I could do anything for him. He had a little piece of paper and an envelope. He wrote: No, John Bell Hood will be in New York before three weeks." Teenager Hardin Figuers, Franklin resident moments after he emerged from shelter. "God forgive me for ever wanting to see or hear a battle! You had to look twice as you picked your way among the bodies to see which were dead and which were alive and often a dead man would be lying partly on a live one, or the reverse. And the groans, the sickening smell of blood! I noticed while wandering along the earthworks that all or nearly all of the Union soldiers were shot in the forehead. In front, the ground was covered with bodies and pools of blood. the cotton in the old cotton gin was shot out all over the ground. Our Union soldiers had been stripped of everything but their shirts and drawers, but the Confederate soldiers could not be blamed much for that, for they were half clothed, half barefoot and many of them bareheaded." Carrie Snyder; a Union sympathizer who happen to be visitig friends in Franklin at the time. "In this yard and in that garden, I could walk from fence to fence on bodies, mostly those of Confederates. In trying to clean up, I scraped together a half a bushel of brains right around the house, and the whole place was dyed in blood. Nothing in the shape of horse, mule, jack, nor jinny was left in this neighborhood. In fact I remember it was not untilChristmas, twenty five days afterwards, that I was enabled to borrow a yoke of oxen, and I spent the whole of that Christmas Day hauling seventeen dead horses from this yard." Moscow Carter: Brother of Captain Tod Carter recalling what he saw upon emerging from The Carter House root cellar. "Amid the hundreds of dead and wounded Confederates who lay thickly scattered over the field in our front....there was one lying in front of my company, only a few distant feet crying "Mother you were right, you'll never see your boy again. I'm dying out here in the dark....I'm bleeding to death. "The boy's voice became gradually weaker and weaker until we heard it no more......One of the company's new recruits, a mere boy in years, was crying as though his heart was broken. He too was the only son of a widowed mother.": An unknown officer of the 63rd Indiana. The carnage was so great throughout the town that any available structure was used as a hospital. To put this into proper perspective, for every single resident who resided in Franklin Tennessee (pop. approx. 900) there were 7 casualties. The Carnton house quickly became a field hospital for Confederate wounded. It was a ghastly scene of pain , torment, and suffering. The McGavocks tended for as many as 300 soldiers inside Carnton alone, though at least 150 died the first night. John and Carrie McGavock and their 9 yr old daughter Hattie and 5 yr old son Winder helped tend the over 300 men who lay throughout the home. Soon the outbuildings were filled with hundreds more until the only place to lay them were in the yard. After the battle, on December 1, Union forces under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield evacuated toward Nashville, leaving their dead, including several hundred Union soldiers, and their wounded who were unable to walk. The residents of Franklin were then faced with the task of burying over 2,500 soldiers, most being Confederates.The following are some of the first hand accounts of the nightmarish eve at Carnton: "Every room was filled, every bed had two poor, bleeding fellows, every spare space, niche, and corner under the stairs, in the hall, everywhere -0 but one room for her own family. Our Doctors were deficient in bandages, and she began by giving her old linen, then her towels, amd napkins, then her sheets and table clothes, then her husband's shirts and her own undergarment. During all this time the surgeons plied their deadful work amid the sighs and moans and death rattle. Yet amid it all, this nobel woman. . . was very active and constantly at work. During all the night neither she nor any of the household slept, but dispensed tea and coffee and such stimulants as she had and that two with her own hands.. she walked from room to room from man to man her very skirt stained with blood." Capt. William D. Gale - Lt. Gen Alexander P. Stewart's staff "Give me forty grains of morphine' he called out all through the night. 'Give me forty grains of morphine and let me die!' 'Oh Can't' I Die?' ' My Poor Wife and Child!'' My Poor Wife and Child!' "OMG ! Can you get the surgeons to administer some drug that will relieve me of this torture" I did try through my appeals were in vain. " Cold presperation gathered in knots on his brow and of course (he) knew that death was inevitable. . . "I went down the steps and far beneath the silence of the stars to escape his piteous prayers." C. E. Merrill Adjutant General , Brig. Gem Scott's Staff All of the Confederate dead were buried as nearly as possible by states, close to where they fell, and wooden headboards were placed at each grave with the name, company and regiment painted or written on them." Many of the Union soldiers would later be re-interred in 1865 at the Stones River National Cemetery in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Over the next eighteen months many of the markers either rotted or were used for firewood, and the writing was disappearing. To preserve the graves, John and Carrie McGavock donated 2 acres of their property to be designated as an area for the Confederate dead to be re-interred. The citizens of Franklin raised the funding and the soldiers were exhumed and reburied in the McGavock Confederate Cemetery for the sum of $5.00 per soldier. A team led by George Cuppett took responsibility for the reburial of 1,481 soldiers. The names and identities of the soldiers were recorded in a cemetery record book by Cuppett, which soon fell into the care of Carrie McGavock. It is said that for years following the war visitors would knock on her door requesting the book to see if they could find closure from the loss of a loved whom they never knew of their fate. Carrie never failed to fulfill those requests. Carrie McGavock spent nearly 40 years of her life maintaining the McGavock Confederate Cemetery. In her later years she also would help to raise orphaned children, many of which were created by that bloody war. It was the most sincere expression of the heart and compassion she personified for so many years. Carrie died in 1905 and rests beside her husband, John, within sight of the nearly 1,500 Confederate soldiers who they protected and watched over for so many years. The mere thought of young children having to witness so much blood and suffering should draw deep emotions from even the coldest of souls. This was truly an experience where nightmares were born. Harriet (Hattie), Young McGavock was only nine-years-old on the day of the Battle of Franklin. That afternoon and night, she and her younger brother, five year old Winder, and their parents, John and Carrie, watched as their home became a hospital and mortuary. Hattie and Winder worked alongside their parents throughout the night, helping where they could as the battered bodies poured in to the house. The next morning, the bodies of four Confederate generals, who had been killed in the fighting, were brought to the McGavock home and laid side-by-side on the back porch. They were Patrick Cleburne, John Adams, Hiram Granbury, and Otho Strahl.

In Hattie McGavock Cowan's own words over 50 years later:

I can still sense the odor of smoke and blood. I recall how the startled cattle came home from the pastures, how restless they became, sniffing and excitedly running about the place, bewildered by the smell of the battlefield. I can still see swarms of soldiers coming with their dead comrades and lying them down by the hundreds under our spacious shade trees and all about the grounds. I shall carry those awful pictures in my mind down to the day of my death. I was only nine-years-old then, but it is all as vivid and as real as if it happened only yesterday. I overheard a man at Carnton that night say he estimated over 300 wounded were crammed in to our home. There we were in this ocean of suffering — mother, father, Winder and me — going from man-to-man doing what we could. Mother ordered the bed sheets and linens torn into bandages. Those ran out so, she told the medical attendants to use her tablecloths, towels, and father’s shirts. At one point, she used her own undergarments, put to use mending the myriad of wounds. Those who saw her were awestruck by her selfless actions. Mother never ceased in her work that long and dreadful night. She handed out tea and coffee and went from room to room making sure there was nothing else she could do. William D. Gale, of Gen. A.P. Stewart’s staff, said mother was so involved in affairs that her skirt was “stained in blood.” I remember it vividly. Some of the soldiers recuperated at our home until June, nearly seven months after the battle. There was a lot of bad, but there was a lot of good. You sometimes see the best in people under these circumstances. We just went to work and did what we could. I stuck by my mother. Chaplains, doctors, and agents of the U.S. Christian commission showed up over the coming weeks and months.

What happened to Hattie McGavock Cowan?

She married a Confederate veteran named George Cowan at Carnton on January 3, 1884. They lived in close proximity to Carnton for many years in a home known as Windermere. George died in 1919. Hattie lived until 1931 and for many old Franklin residents she was the last living connection to the Battle of Franklin. She is buried with George at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Franklin. Winder Mcgavock took over Carnton after his mother's death in 1905. He died just two years later. While touring Carnton (which would cost over 10 million in modern day currency) visitors can still see the blood stains in the wooden floors from over 150 years ago. The operating table used by surgeons was set up "rather ironically" in the nursery. It consisted of two saw horses and a barn door. It is still on display their today. Hattie Mcgowan quite vividly retold of her memories of that bloody night in an interview she gave shortly before her death in 1931 recalling the smell of blood and powder smoke and the sounds of the intense suffering of the wounded. One can only imagine the nightmares these two children experienced for years afterwards.

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