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.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Ecuador Rebels Routed.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 24, 1912:
Alfaro Adherents Fail In Attacking Town In Esmeraldas.
GUAYAQUIL Ecuador, Oct. 23.— Col. Savedra and Col. Bustamente, who fought under Gen. Flavio Alfaro in the last revolution, recently attacked the town of Limones, in the province of Esmeraldas, according to the Telegrafo. After a sharp skirmish the rebels were defeated by troops under Lieut. Reyes, leaving several killed behind.
The Governor of Esmeraldas has ordered the troops to pursue the rebels and drive them out of the country.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Ecuador Rebels Routed.

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