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The Daily Colonist, August 8, 1914

Fri, 2014/08/08 - 9:51am

#dailycolonist1914 - News from Victoria 100 years ago today:

  • Mostly flag waving and propaganda today, very little news of substance
  • Maharajah of Nepal offers his army to British service, "The majority of his troops are of the Gurkha tribe, the most famous soldiers in India."
  • ...

The Daily Colonist, August 7, 1914

Thu, 2014/08/07 - 7:30am

#dailycolonist1914

"Today's" news out of Victoria 100 years ago has some interesting tidbits:

  • Belgians down one of Germany's largest Zeppelins using "an especially designed gun for aircraft."
  • ...

The Daily Colonist, August 6, 1914

Wed, 2014/08/06 - 3:26pm

#dailycolonist1914
News out of Victoria 100 years ago today: 
- Field Marshal Lord Kitchener is appointed Britain's Secretary of War. This is the guy Berlin, Ontario was renamed after.
- Fighting in Belgium. German troops are repulsed by the Belgian army,
- Anti-German riots and vandalism in Antwerp
- The demonization of Germans continues with reporting of a Zeppelin attack in France "in violation of the rules of civilized warfare".


The Daily Colonist, August 5, 1914

Tue, 2014/08/05 - 12:00am

News out of Victoria 100 years ago:
- The paper is full of drum-beating patriotism. Almost every article is about Canadians lining up across the country to serve the Empire. 
- Attached here is a little programme on just who's who in the war: 


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