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DAILY TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 5 1914
The London Scottish Regiment becomes the first Territorial regiment
to see action
12:01AM GMT 05 Nov 2014
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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03088/Telegraph1914_0511_3088086a.pdf
There were two firsts reported in the newspaper today, although as one
was a British defeat, its portrayal was by no means accepted as such.
On the happier note, the first Territorial regiment to take its place
in the firing line gave "a glorious lead" to those who would follow,
as the London Scottish regiment "made a brilliant charge" against the
opposing Germans (pages 9 and 11 with a picture of their commander
on page 12).
On the debit side however was the Royal Navy's first defeat for over a
century, as Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's squadron was defeated off
Chile by the Germans at the Battle of Coronel, which had been fought
four days' earlier. As the only reports disseminated so far were by the
Germans though, "the Admiralty cannot accept these facts as accurate
at the present time" and the paper clung to the hope that what we had
here were the usual "German lies" and "when full accounts of the action
are received, they may considerably modify the German version" (page
9). Alas no, the feeling of naval invincibility which had permeated
the senior service since Trafalgar was to receive a serious jolt.
Also in today's paper
- It seems quite dangerous for members of the army back at home,
as a soldier is the subject of an attempted murder by his girlfriend
after an argument on page 3 and another is shot at whilst guarding
the Great Western mainline near Reading - page 4
- The French wine vintage for 1914 is reported to be excellent - page 4
- Not enough men are responding to the call to arms, and this is
blamed upon an impression given to the contrary - page 6
- Russia responds to Turkish attacks by invading Armenia - pages 7
and 12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11208689/Daily-Telegraph-November-5-1914.html
From: Baghdasarian
The London Scottish Regiment becomes the first Territorial regiment
to see action
12:01AM GMT 05 Nov 2014
* Download the whole paper pdf & view * (34mb)
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03088/Telegraph1914_0511_3088086a.pdf
There were two firsts reported in the newspaper today, although as one
was a British defeat, its portrayal was by no means accepted as such.
On the happier note, the first Territorial regiment to take its place
in the firing line gave "a glorious lead" to those who would follow,
as the London Scottish regiment "made a brilliant charge" against the
opposing Germans (pages 9 and 11 with a picture of their commander
on page 12).
On the debit side however was the Royal Navy's first defeat for over a
century, as Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's squadron was defeated off
Chile by the Germans at the Battle of Coronel, which had been fought
four days' earlier. As the only reports disseminated so far were by the
Germans though, "the Admiralty cannot accept these facts as accurate
at the present time" and the paper clung to the hope that what we had
here were the usual "German lies" and "when full accounts of the action
are received, they may considerably modify the German version" (page
9). Alas no, the feeling of naval invincibility which had permeated
the senior service since Trafalgar was to receive a serious jolt.
Also in today's paper
- It seems quite dangerous for members of the army back at home,
as a soldier is the subject of an attempted murder by his girlfriend
after an argument on page 3 and another is shot at whilst guarding
the Great Western mainline near Reading - page 4
- The French wine vintage for 1914 is reported to be excellent - page 4
- Not enough men are responding to the call to arms, and this is
blamed upon an impression given to the contrary - page 6
- Russia responds to Turkish attacks by invading Armenia - pages 7
and 12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11208689/Daily-Telegraph-November-5-1914.html
From: Baghdasarian