Twenty-Five Years Ago
French arsenals were beating the output of the Germans, although the French admitted that their efforts ivould have been strangled at the outset, but for the British Fleet. The Kaiser arrived at the Western front, greatly fatigued. Turks and Egyptians showed great activity in preparing for the Egyptian' expedition, advance guards having started their march. Civilians of invaded French territory ivere interned by the Germans to minimise food problems and 20,000 others had been ordered to quit their homes. Arriving in America from Britain, the representative of the Glen Cxirtis Aeroplane Company stated that a fleet of giant aircraft had been built and was destined to decide the campaign 'in the West. Nineteen types of aeroplanes, ranging from scouts to battlecruisers, were being developed in
? Great Britain, lie stated. I An official despatch gave the I Dardanelles casualties to Decem-
ber 11 at 112,921
1 A total of £4OO was subscribed I for Christmas fare for Otago and | Southland men at the Dardanelles, i according to a statement from the f Minister for Internal Affairs at | Wellington.
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Northern Advocate, 26 December 1940, Page 4
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