German spy reveals secret Scottish operations and aims
A German agent named Dr Graves, using the alias A K Graves MD Turro Australia, describes his covert Edinburgh to Rossyth naval base work. He details bridging and base fortifications, German explosives, and threats to the Firth of Forth, claiming European war plans and deception against Britain and France.
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Germals
Furia
Afmgaara Kari Uraves
Wne Press Oeivre Tee
Rorth
Kossyth
UOCIG
Firth of
Forth Oringe
Rossyth
Middle Island
Edinburgh
Firth of Forth Bridge
Graves
Great Britain
Europe
France
Panther
Agadir
Britain
Germany
Hogland
Geman
London
United States
A. K. Graves
Turo
Australia
Beng
Bedford
Aurety
Mysel
Firth of Forth
Firth
North Sea
Naval Station
Waterguard
Robbie Burns
Walter Scott
Prince Charlie
Berlin
Brussels
Real British Pluck in Battle Near Mons
A private of the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots recalls astonishing bravery by the Middlesex Regiment and Connaught Rangers. The Middlesex repelled a mass German assault near Mons with a sergeant leading by example. he was fatally bayoneted after two enemy foes fell. Connaught Rangers charged, scattered attackers, seizing six guns before artillery retook them.
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Royal Scots
Middlesex Regiment
Connaught Rangers
Middlesex
Mons
Gunners Beat Big German Gun in Artillery Duel
British Royal Horse Artillery clashed with German forces on the Aisne front. The gunners stormed forward as shells roared, destroying a heavy Krupps siege gun and scattering the German cavalry in a savage duel described as Britain at her best. Refugees later report German plunder and brutal hostage demands in Konin.
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Royal Horse Artillery
Aisne
Britain
Lorses
Krupps
Paris
Ross Rifles Factory Extends Hours To Meet British Contract
The Ross rifle factory begins Sunday and night work to fulfill a 100000 rifle contract from the British government. About 500 workers now employed will grow, nearly doubling after the new year, with extensive factory additions under way.
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Ross Rifle
Britain’s New Lighthouse at Fastnet Rock
The article notes the new Fastnet Rock lighthouse tower off the Irish coast, costing under 2.11 million dollars with a steamer included to transport blocks. Its 1 200 candle power incandescents, enhanced by mirrors, yield a 750 000 candle power flash visible up to twenty miles at sea. It mentions oil still common in lighthouses despite electricity’s advances.
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Fastnet
Ireland
Heligoland
Cates Questions Neutrality Amid Ongoing Conflicts
Clemens admits long neutrality, struggles to name the nations involved in current fighting as Cates presses on with remarks about impartial stance and international tensions.
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Cates
Clemens
Belgian Farmers Aimed at Saskatchewan Settlement
A movement begun at Regina seeks Belgian farmer settlement in Saskatchewan with Lieutenant Governor Brown supporting as patron. The Pootmans Bros of Regina join the relief committee to drive the project, citing war devastation and surplus land as favorable. Brown notes Belgians would excel as dairy men and market gardeners.
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Saskatchewan
Regine
Brown
Pootmans Bros
Belgius Extract
Regina
Rural Free Delivery Extended Across Canada
The post office department expanded free rural mail delivery in nearly all of Canada this past summer. They have established more than seventy post offices since the end of August.
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Post Office Department
Canada
Settlement terms German defeat would bring, 1908 view
London diary reprints a 1908 La Depêche Coroniale piece quoting a German informant on postwar conditions. It foresees Metz returned, Alsace under European prince, Schleswig-Holstein to Denmark, and large war indemnities plus territorial concessions to France Britain and Austria. It notes the heavy financial tolls and frontier changes likely if Germany loses.
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Germany
London
The
Scotsman
la Depeche Coroniale
France
North Sea
Denmark
Prussian Poland
Asace-Lorraine
John French
East Prussia
Italy
German West Africa
Metz
Anircaine
Alsace
Europe
Schleswig- Holstein
Togoland
Cameroons
Great Britain
Espionage Tactics In German War Effort
The article outlines German espionage methods in war, noting persistence of spy networks despite changes. It details signals from plainclothes operatives using colored lights and smoke, pseudo-laborers gathering intelligence, and officers in plain clothes or enemy uniforms operating in abandoned areas to relay information.
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Frederick the Great
Marshal Soubise
Death in Battle: Captain An drew De Vere Maclean
Kaid Sir Henry Maclean mourns the loss of his only surviving son Captain An drew De Vere Maclean of the Bas Surrey Regiment. He joined the Special Reserve at the war’s outbreak and fell on the Aisne. Sir Harry served as military instructor of the Moorish Army and earlier in the 69th Foo now the Welsh Regiment.
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Kaid
Henry Maclean
Andrew de Vere Maclean
Bas Surrey
Maclean
Aisne
Harry
69Th Foo
Airship Patrol Feat Two Thousand Feet Above Sea
An account from the Admiralty press bureau details Royal Naval Air Service operations. Naval airmen performed perilous air duties including a propeller blade change two thousand feet above the sea. Airships and seaplanes patrolled the French and English coasts and Ostend to deter enemy ships from approaching the Straits.
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Niagara
Straits of Dover
Naval Air Service
Ostend
Acre of Wheat for Empire Appeals to Saskatchewan Farmers
The Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association proposes that each member set aside one acre to sow with wheat next spring. Proceeds would go to the Patriotic fund. With 250 locals, about 50,000 acres could be under cultivation, yielding roughly 606,000 bushels or an equivalent value.
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Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Patriotic Fund
Saskatchewan
The Price of Peace and the Allies’ Berlin Mission
The text argues the Allies will head to Berlin to settle accounts and reconstruct Belgium rather than destroy, calling for obliteration of Krupp works at Mesen and restoration of towns. It urges banning lingering German warparaphernalia until conquerors reach Berlin and Germans abandon Nietzsche and Goethe for Luther.
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Berlin
Louvain
Sonu
Heidelberg
Krupp
Mesen
Belgium
Friends of
Germany
Trietschke
Nietzsche
Luther
Goete
London Times
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British Isles
von Lounitz
Almos
Ney
Enn
Konin
von Leunitz
Ross Rifles
Quebec
Belgian Farmers For
Kaid Maclean
Regia
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