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.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Battles At Chin-Kiang.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 6, 1913:
Northerners at First Victorious, but Later Lose Several Junks.
    SHANGHAI, Aug. 5.— Northern troops under the command of Gen. Hsu inflicted a severe defeat on the Chin-Kiang garrison yesterday.
    Terms were then made with Gen. Hsu for the re-establishment of the Government administration in the town, tout late last night, finding the Northerners occupying positions on the Chin-Kiang side of the river, contrary to the agreement entered into with Gen. Hsu, the garrison attached the Northerners and sank several of their junks. Two hundred Northerners were killed in the fighting.
    All was quiet in Shanghai to-day.
    Dr. Sun Yet-sen has arrived at Fu-Chow.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Battles At Chin-Kiang.

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