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, October 14, 2012

Montenegrins Capture Town.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 14, 1912:
Byelopolye Falls After Severe Fighting — Serbs Welcome Victors.
    PODGORITZA, Montenegro, Oct. 13.— The Northern Montenegrin Army, under Gen. Vukotitch, which recently crossed the border into the sanjak of Novibazar, gained a firm foothold last night by capturing Byelopolye, one of the chief towns of the province.
    Byelopolye fell after prolonged fighting, but no information has been received regarding the losses.
    The Serb inhabitants of the town welcomed the Montenegrins as liberators from the Turkish yoke. A church service was held and prayers were offered for the Montenegrin King.
    The Montenegrins have set up a provisional Government there.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Montenegrins Capture Town.

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