1914

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The headlines and sub-lines are to be found on the Front Page of the Amman Valley Chronicle. The stories are extremely exciting, however copying them would take a life time at my typing speed. If you see a heading that is of interest to you then, providing you are a member of any Carmarthenshire County Libraries, then these stories can be found at either Ammanford or Carmarthen Library.

They are in Micro Film format which does not print that well, however take a camera and photograph the screen and copy by typing into a word document. Which is what I do.

AUG 6

GREAT BRITAIN AT WAR

FOOD GUARANTEED FOR THE PEOPLE.

THE ACTUAL POSITION AT SEA

GERMANY ATTACKS BELGIUM AND FRANCE .

 

AUG 13

GREAT EUROPEAN STRUGGLE: GERMANY

THE WAR ON LAND AND SEA.

SIGNAL SUCCESS OF THE ALLIED ARMIES.

 

AUG 20

BRITISH FORCES LANDED IN FRANCE : MASTERPIECE OF ORGANISATION

THE EUROPEAN ARMAGEDDON

RUSSIA MASSING HER MILLIONS FRONTIERS

JAPAN 'S ULTIMATUM TO GERMANY

 

AUG 27

BRAVERY OF BRITISH TROOPS IN BATTLE

THE ARMIES IN ACTION.

GERMANY 'S FIERCE EFFORT.

BRITISH BEAR BRUNT OF BATTLE

THE AVALANCHE FROM THE EAST.

 

SEPT 3

GERMANY 'S DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO REACH PARIS

FIERCE FIGHT IN PROGRESS.

GERMANS HURL THEMSELVES ON BRITISH LINES

NORTH SEA NAVAL VICTORY

 

SEPT 10

GERMANS' TEN MILE RUN BEFORE BRITISH BOYS

ENEMY RETREAT FROM GATES OF PARIS

THE ALLIES ON THE OFFENSIVE.

RUSSIANS' GREAT SUCCESS IN THE EAST

 

SEPT 17

GERMANS OUTFOUGHT AND OUTMANOEUVRED

STRATEGY OF THE ALLIES

KAISER'S HORDES IN FULL RETREAT

ROUTED AND DEMORALISED

THOUSANDS CAPTURED AND MANY GUNS

 

SEPT 24

GENERAL FRENCH'S ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE: BRITISH CRUISERS SINK

THE ENEMY'S DESPERATE STAND

ON THE BANKS OF THE AISNE

THE ANGLO-FRENCH FORCES AGAIN PUT THEM TO FLIGHT

BRITISH LOSS OF CRUISERS

 

OCT 1

GERMANS AGAIN OUTFOUGHT: RETREAT IN PROGRESS

END OF THE GREAT BATTLE

GERMAN RIGHT FLANK BROKEN

RETREAT TO THE RHINE PROBABLY IN PROGRESS

 

OCT 8

THE SWAYING BATTLE

VIOLENT FIGHTING IN NORTHERN FRANCE

RUSSIAN VICTORY OVER GERMANS.

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OCT 15

APPRECIABLE PROGRESS BY THE ALLIES.

THE FALL OF ANTWERP

BELGIUM UNDER THE HEEL OF THE TYRANT.

 

OCT 22

ENCOURAGING PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES

VICTORIES ON LAND & SEA

BELGIUM STILL THE COCKPIT

 

OCT 29

ALLIES' PROGRESS CONTINUES

DASH TO CALAIS FOILED

GERMANS DRIVEN OUT OF EASTERN FRANCE

 

NOV 5

GERMAN RETREAT IN BELGIUM

YSER ABANDONED

WAR WITH TURKEY DEVELOPS

 

NOV 12

SUCCESSES ON LAND AND SEA

RUSSIANS' SWEEPING ADVANCE IN THE EAST

THE LAST OF THE EMDEN

 

NOV 19

DAYS DON'T BRING GERMANS NEARER CALAIS

COSTLY BUT FRUITLESS SUPREME EFFORT

THE RUSSIAN AVALANCHE IN THE EAST

 

NOV 26

FAILURE OF GERMAN STRATEGY

EAST & WEST REVERSES

INCIDENTS OF THE WORLD WIDE STRUGGLE

 

DEC 3

GERMAN ARMY IN DIFFICULTY IN POLAND

A LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE

MYSTERY OF OPERATIONS IN FLANDERS

 

DEC 10

HOW GERMAN DASH TO THE SEA WAS FOILED

STIRRING BATTLE PICTURES BY EYE-WITNESS

CALL FROM THE TRENCHES FOR MORE MEN.

 

DEC 17

VICTORIES ON LAND AND SEA

SERBIANS BACK IN BELGRADE

 

DEC 24

ALLIES MAINTAINING PRESSURE

DISILLUSIONMENT OF BERLIN OVER “ POLAND VICTORY.”

 

DEC 31

ALLIES GRADUALLY PUSH ONWARD

50,000 AUSTRIAN PRISONERS IN A FORTNIGHT.

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