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.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Monte Cristi Besieged.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 5, 1912:
Rebels Attack Santo Domingan Port — The Fighting Desperate.
CAFE HAITIEN, Nov. 4.— Monte Christi, a seaport on the North Coast of Santo Domingo, has been attacked by revolutionists. The defenders put up a stout resistance, and the fighting was of a desperate nature.
The news regarding the attack was brought to this city by a small Santo Dominican detachment which was accompanied by the Director of Customs and several women who fled from the besieged town.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Monday, November 5, 2012

Monte Cristi Besieged.

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