Transcriptions of newspaper articles
August 10, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent War dominated the front page. Names and geography new to readers had to be [...]
August 2014
August 8, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Early optimism by the allies of quick victory against Germany quickly waned. On the western front, the Belgian amy [...]
August 7, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Army of 100,00 Is Destroyed – 25,000 Killed or Wounded The United Press reported that “With a fourth of [...]
August 6, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent With war dominating the news, the United States was the largest and most powerful nation remaining neutral. As a [...]
August 5, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “Germany Demands Italy Assist Her – Repulsed At Liege” “Italy was called on to lend aid to the Germans. [...]
August 4, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Headlines: “England Liable To Declare War At Minute’s Notice.” The immediate issue being Belgian neutrality and the insistence that [...]
August 3, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Across the front page the headline reads “Armies of Million Each, Rushing to Frontier.” “First [...]
August 2, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Statesman headlines read: German Forces Invade Duchy of Luxemburg France’s Delay in Answering Germany’s Ultimatum Disastrous French Are [...]
August 1, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From The Daily Capital Journal: THE GREATEST WAR IN WORLD’S HISTORY SEEMS INEVITABLE History’s greatest war seemed all but [...]
July 2014
July 31, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Capital Journal Headlines: Russia Mobilizes Her Entire Army Forcing Germany London Exchange Closes First Time London Sees Little Prospect [...]