A WWI Diary That Never Was

WWI Diary was to have brought you the whole of World War I as it was reported in the papers of the day, exactly 100 years later. For a year I blogged news leading up to the big war, thinking if there was any real interest regular readers would trickle in. They did not. Count: zero. So I stopped blogging the war news. For students of the time, 1914-1918 editions are available on the Web as thousands of individual articles via a Times service called Spiderbites.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Put Turks To Flight.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 21, 1912:
Italian Forces at Misrata Dislodge Harassing Body of the Foe.
MISRATA, Tripoli, July 21.— Gen. Farra attempted to-day to dislodge a large body of Turks which had been harassing the region from the oasis near Misrata. The enemy, however, made a tenacious stand in the desert beyond, and a fierce engagement ensued.
The Turks were forced to retreat after four hours' sharp fighting, and suffered heavy losses. The Italian casualties numbered 19 killed and 87 wounded.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Put Turks To Flight.

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