DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 5:44 pm

Thursday December 10 1914

Post by **Niner** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:13 am

Meanwhile back at the ranch..... President Wilson is preaching that the US must hold the high moral ground and not join in the war. He doesn't want to increase the military because it would suggest other than what he is preaching. The US myth that the US is made up of citizens familiar with guns who would rise up in mass at the first need of defense strikes the Secretary of War as unrealistic in how to form a competent Army. He thinks it prudent to raise the standing Army by 25,000 enlisted men and 1000 officers ...and then encourage a strengthening of the reserves.

Little did he take into account that 25,000 was something like the casualty rate on an average attack day at the front in Europe.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... d-1/seq-5/

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 3:46 am

Friday December 11 1914

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 3:59 am

Saturday December 12 1914

Post by **Niner** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:41 pm

Talk about a World War. How about these guys? Something about their uniforms looks not really suitable for the trenches. The pointy edges of their skirts look really warlike don't they?

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... d-1/seq-1/

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:41 am

Maybe it was make the Germans worry about being eaten if captured

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:50 am

Sunday December 13 1914

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:04 pm

Monday December 14 1914

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:45 am

Tuesday December 15 1914.

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:10 am

Wednesday December 16 1914

Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby 100 years ago...........137 fatalities and 592 casualties.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Sc ... and_Whitby

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