Twenty-Five Years Ago
As a set-off to the Austrian concentrations against Serbia, the army of the latter country had been further reinforced by Cossacks, with considerable tear material. Further accounts of the North Sea fight were to the effect that the running conflict continued for ' 100 miles. The Blucher and another battlecruiser were in flames. It teas also stated that the Lion, which developed an unexpected turn of speed, took on all the fighting. The German cruiser Gazelle (2635 tens) ivas torpedoed and severely damaged. It was estimated that France would have 6,000,000 men available for the war by the spring. The clash of arms continued fiercely in North France. \ At La Basse and Givenchy, the 1 enemy were repulsed badly in [ each of Jive attacks, leaving many i slain on the field of combat. ' The second of two extremely violent attacks by the Germans i caused the Allies to vacate the 1 trenches temporarily. ! Practically all the ground was > recovered by an energetic coun- ; ter-attack.
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Northern Advocate, 26 January 1940, Page 4
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