Twenty-Five Years Ago
| An official bulletin stated: The f Kaiser has issued n proclamation ! ? emphasising the necessity for a < • decisive blow on reaching Dun- ' j kirk, Calais, or Boulogne, or the ! piercing of the line towards Ypres, ■ and then declaring Belgium an- \ vexed. For three weeks the Germans 1 launched furious attacks in dense ] masses, but it was obvious after < November 12 that the balance toas on the Allies’ side. They yielded [ | not an inch and held an impregi nable position against the Ger- ' man offensive for a fortnight. King George returned to Lon- • don after visiting the front. The ] Central News Agency reported . that at a certain point the staff suggested that it was unsafe to visit the trenches. The King re- ' plied: “AH the more reason why I ' should go. There is no reason ! why I should not take the risks < soldiers take.” | Private letters from Germany stated that foreigners had been expelled from the eastern bank of ' the Rhine, rvhich roas being pre- < ? pared ivith powerful defences.
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Northern Advocate, 6 December 1939, Page 6
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