The Earl of Durham, speaking at Sunderland on recruiting, regretted the time wasted on football, and said he much preferred that Sunderland players should be wearing khaki rather than football colours. He was almost hard-hearted enough to wish that the Germans would drop shells onto footballers on some Saturday afternoon. He thought that that would be the best method of waking up the young men of Sunderland. It was no idle threat to say we were in danger.
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A British Squadron bombards Zeebrugge inflicting considerable damage.
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The town of Ypres was shelled, without apparent military reason and the Cathedral and historic Cloth Hall destroyed. After this date the Allies in Flanders began to gain ground gradually.
Patriotic Gramaphone Records
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Portuguese parliament authorises military commitment to the Allies.
William Still Enrols at Avon Dassett School
William Still (born 1907), previously of Church Street School, Clapham, enrolled at Avon Dassett School today.
Avon Dassett School Log Book
Situations Domestic
WANTED – WORKING HOUSE-KEEPER for farmhouse; must be strong, thoroughly reliable and good, plain cook – Apply, letter only, to C. E. Hanbury, Mollington, Banbury.
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Basra at head of Persian Gulf occupied by British Indian forces. British airmen raid the Zeppelin factory at Friedrichshafen.
Bulls For Sale
FOR SALE – Three pure-bred HEREFORD BULLS, eighteen months. Ridley Brown, Radway, Warwick.
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About this date there was a marked decrease in the activity of the enemy in Flanders, the violent attacks which for over a month had marked their efforts to break through to Calais ceasing.