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The ''Wipers Times'' was a trench magazine that was published by British soldiers fighting in the Ypres Salient during the First World War. In early 1916, the 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, was stationed in the front line at Ypres, Belgium, and came across a printing press abandoned by a Belgian who had, in the words of the editor, "stood not on the order of his going, but gone." A sergeant who had been a printer in peacetime salvaged it and printed a sample page. The paper itself was named after Tommy slang for Ypres itself. ==Publication history== The paper was produced at irregular intervals between early February 1916 and February 1918. The title changed each time the division was moved to another part of the Line: the old titles were carefully incorporated into it, and by the last wartime issue its full title was: THE B.E.F. TIMES. with which are incorporated The Wipers Times, The "New Church" Times, The Kemmel Times & The Somme Times. Publication was held up after February 1918 by the German offensive on the western front in that year, but at the end of the War two issues of "The Better Times" were published. The second of these was billed as the "Xmas, Peace and Final Number." Presses used: Reading through the issues it appears that three different printing presses were used. Page size: In 2014 No. 1 Vol. 1. and No. 2 Vol 1. Saturday 12 February 1916 and Saturday 26 February 1916 came to light and were offered on eBay. They were string bound, in thick-paper wraps (printed verso and recto with exception of rear wrap of No. 2 which is printed verso only), enclosing 4 leaves (8pp) of printed text in each issue. Size: Small 4to - each 11in x 7.15in (27.8 cm x 18 cm). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Wipers Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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