Sir Henry Wilson - Diary entry for 27th July
On the 27th Wilson wrote: "A lot of dispatches in all day, but no sign of Germany mobilising, so I...
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Sir Henry Wilson - Diary entry for 26th July
On July 26th Wilson wrote: "Went to see Sir A. Nicolson and found a lot more dispatches, all warlike, Austria,...
Read moreMedals presented to surviving Fethard lifeboat men
Medals given by the King of Norway and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution were presented to the lifeboat men who...
Read moreMme. Caillaux in court over murder
The trial of Madame Caillaux began in Paris today. Caillaux, the wife of the former French Prime Minister is on...
Read moreWho was Gavrilo Princip?
Who: Bosnian-Serbian nationalist who, at 19, assassinated heir-apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the Duchess of...
Read moreFrance unprepared for war
M. Charles Humbert created great sensation today in the Senate in Paris by declaring that the French army would be...
Read moreLord Carbery crashes during 500 mile air race
Lord Carbery suffered a crash while flying over the English channel last week. His machine was destroyed in the incident,...
Read moreTensions across Europe amidst Serbian crisis
The Viennese newspaper Neue Freie Presse has published an article today observing that the assassination of Franz Ferdinand has...
Read moreFreddie Welsh wins fight to become Light-Weight Champion of the World.
Freddie Welsh of Pontypridd, Wales gained the title of Light-Weight Champion of the World today when he defeated Californian Willie...
Read moreFour dead as bomb accidentally explodes in New York apartment
A sensational anarchist plot was revealed by the premature explosion of a bomb in a six-story tenement building on Lexington...
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The Century Ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago.