Ernst and Elisabeth Reifferscheid 1900

Carthage: A Love Story Chapter VIII Part 2

Carthage by Peter Klopp © Carthage in Flames Some shot fire arrows into the easily ignitable wooden walls, others set fire to the wooden debris lying in the street. A breeze blowing in from the sea fanned the embers into a steadily rising heat. Often they had to retreat more than 100 feet from their…

by Peter Klopp December 17, 2025

Carthage: A Love Story Chapter VIII Part 1

Carthage by Peter Klopp © Street Fighting in Carthage Scipio had sealed off the outer harbour from the sea with a 96-foot-long causeway. The Carthaginians, mostly women and children, had worked tirelessly to dig an escape channel, but they knew no other use for this massive structure than to parade their war fleet in front…

by Peter Klopp December 10, 2025December 12, 2025

Carthage: A Love Story Chapter VII Part 5

Carthage by Peter Klopp © Total War: The Battle for Carthage Indeed, the war intensified from then on. At the beginning of June, Scipio had seized the suburb of Magalia, confining the Carthaginians to the city proper. Their last source of food and meat had been taken from them. The enemy army formed a deadly…

by Peter Klopp December 3, 2025

The Peter and Gertrud Klopp Family

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Ernst and Elisabeth Reifferscheid 1900

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