Twenty-Five Years Ago
S The Italian Government, it was r reported, had fixed January 10 as [ the time-limit for Turkey to apol logiae for the, Hodeida incident f (in which the ItalmFflag was inj suited and the consul miprisonf ed), and insisted upon release of [ the consul and punishment of the ( violators of the flag. • Advices received in Copenhagen ? stated that there was strong evi- | dence that the Germans were pre- ? paring for a new offensive in the [ west. The railways were blocked y with military trains hurrying ■ troops westward. I Many were yoxing soldiers, evii dently part of a new army. \ The “ Chronicle’s ’’ Poland cor- • respondent stated that the Kai- ‘ ser’s latest proclamation found on l some prisoners declared that if ? the Germans were compelled to ? retire from Poland they would i leave nothing standing, neither f house nor town, but only the bare l earth underfoot. • A British eye-witness stated ? that the Germans were apparent- | ly using electric pumps in the t Lille district to drain their ? trenches and flood the Allied i lines.
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Northern Advocate, 9 January 1940, Page 6
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