Hey folks, Mike from the Battles of the First World War podcast here.

This short episode has a few things I have to cover, but I want to begin with some recent reviews I've received on iTunes from all over the world.

First, thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to rate or write a review

for the podcast. I've done some reading on this, and it seems it's the rate at which you receive

new reviews that drives your podcast up the charts. And we've been moving up because I can feel a momentum behind this project as of late,

and it's been awesome.

So for the reviews to listener, M-L-L-D-R-B-R-T-L-T-T-T-T,

thank you so much for the fantastic review.

You write beautifully.

To Jen the Runner, Oxford Allen, Pest Part 2, and Megzi in Australia.

Thanks so much for listening.

To Nikola Blagojevich.

Hope that's right. Thanks as well. And what a Blagojevich. Hope that's right.

Thanks as well.

And what a brilliant idea.

Of course, Barb Wire is a better defense system than an alarm.

I'm going to see if Mrs. BFWWP would allow me to weave a few strands between the ornamental

grasses we have in the yard.

I suspect the answer will be a, oh, hell, no,

but, you know, a guy can try and a guy can dream. Okay, next up. But a year ago, I wrote and

released a supplemental episode on Patreon on the subject of the Butte de Voquois.

I'm releasing that episode here on the podcast within the next few days.

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