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The Daily Colonist, August 10, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - News from Victoria 100 years ago today:

  • Japan has dispatched ships. Japanese immigrants in Vancouver agree to support Canada and the British Empire.
  • The Ottoman Empire masses troops off the border of Bulgaria.
  • ...

    The Daily Colonist, August 9, 1914

    #dailycolonist1914 - This was a Sunday edition.

    • British expeditionary forces arrive in Belgium.
    • German and Austria threaten to declare war on Italy is they remain neutral (I could not help but head Zap Brannigan's voice when reading this.)
    • ...

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      The Daily Colonist, August 8, 1914

      #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

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      "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."
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      The Daily Colonist, August 6, 1914

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      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

      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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