Word: britain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...correct and non-partisan account of the events which led to the outbreak of the European War, by a chronological use of the published dispatches of the nations involved, Professor von Mach pointed out several statements from the Entente nations which tend to show that the action of Great Britain in the closing days of July, 1914, was decidedly incriminating. "It is undoubtedly some foreign influence, financial or otherwise, which has caused the removal of my book from circulation and the attempts of the Macmillan Company to buy up all copies already sold. The plea of 'important inaccuracies' can hardly...
...includes all the dispatches published in the French Yellow Book, German White Book, British Blue Book, and the books of the other important nations. It is intended to be a standard work on the subject for scholars of the present day and of the future. If it puts Great Britain in a bad light it is due to the absolute proof established in the chronological arrangement of the documents, a system which is the only fair way of obtaining an idea of the activities of the European chancelleries in the summer of 1914. The Macmillan Company certainly would not have...
...expect to be at full war strength in Great Britain until the spring of next year," said Captain Ian Hay Beith, of the Tenth Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, speaking in Sanders Theatre yesterday afternoon. "At that time the nation will at last be fully prepared industrially and in the field. July 1, 1916, was a momentous day for the British 'Tommy' for on that day the war realy began, as far as the Allies are concerned and with the first rush of the Somme offensive the British soldier, inexperienced and hastily trained, proved himself the equal, nay, the superior...
...name Ian Hay as the author of "The First Hundred Thousand," will lecture in Sanders Theatre next Monday afternoon, December 11, at 4 o'clock, under the auspices of the Cambridge Surgical Dressing Committee, Captain Beith has been sent to this country by the British government to explain Britain's part in the war. He has already lectured on his experiences, both in the training camp at Aldershot and at the front, at both Yale and Princeton...
...great Christmas carnival is held for the benefit of the Allied peoples but is not designed only for those whose sympathies lean to the cause of France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Russia and the other members of the Entente. The exhibit will attract those who are strictly neutral in their feelings and also those who favor the ultimate supremacy of the Central Powers. There will be exhibits never before shown in this country, articles of great and small value for sale and entertainment by the world's greatest artists...