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The Illustrated London News 1914

• January 15th - Warnings of threatened Civil war in Ulster over Home Rule
• April 12th - Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion had a triumphant opening
• April 21st - US Marines seized the Mexican Port of Veracruz
• May 22nd - 57 arrested after "Votes for Women" protest at Buckingham Palace
• June 28th - Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand (heir to Austro-Hungarian Empire) assassinated in Sarajevo
• August 1st - German declaration of war on Russia
• August 4th - British declaration of war after German invasion of Belgium
• August 23rd - British retreat from Mons
• September 14th - German Armies stopped by the French at the Marne
• November 17th - Announcement that income tax was to be doubled in UK to finance the war
• November 29th - Former president Roosevelt criticised US neutrality policy
• December 16th - North East of England coastal towns, Scarborough, shelled by German warships several fatalities
• Suffragettes - Mary Richardson slashed the Rokeby Venus at the National Gallery and got six months. More attacks followed to the British Museum, The Royal Academy a bomb destroyed Yarmouth Pier and Wargrave church was burnt down
• Union leaders in South Africa were arrested and secretly deported after a general strike
• Cricket ball makers in Kent went on strike for better wages!
• Irish Home Rule Act was passed but was immediately suspended
• Northeren and Southern Nigeria were united as one colony
• The screen début of Charlie Chaplin

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Saturday, August 15th No 3930. Volume CXLV Price 6d.

includes

• The entry of Great Britain into the Great War dates from August 4th, so this edition carries early news of losses with photos from the front and at home.
• There are fantastic full page and double page spreads by special War Artists e.g. S Begg, A Forestier, includes a double drawing by special artist Norman Wilkinson who witnessed Destroyers taking in oil
• Landing German wounded from the 'KONIGIN LUISE' after the Amphion Action.
• full page Buchanan's Scotch Whiskies Advert drawn by Frank Reynolds featuring Tony Wheller No 2 Second Dickens Series Pickwick Papers.
• There is a 2 page photograph spread of War Prizes, the ships taken by Britain from Germany incl. The German submaine U15.
• Article regarding Australian soldiers joining the war,
• photograph of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards marching past Buckingham Palace.
• 35 pages measures 40.7cm x 29.2cm in

September 5th

• Print of a sketch by C.M. PADDY of the BRITISH rescuing GERMAN crews off HELIGOLAND, whilst under fire - full page
• Print of a sketch by NORMAN WILKINSON of The First Battle-Cruiser Squadron at a Decisive Moment in the Naval Action off HELIGOLAND - full page
• Print of a sketch by NORMAN WILKINSON of The Destroyer Flotilla Torpedoing a GERMAN Cruiser off HELIGOLAND - double page
  SENIOR LIEUTENANT VON TIRPITZ - Photo by BALL
  Photo by C.N. of Wrecked Houses in the Place de L'Universite, LIEGE, with GERMAN soldiers proudly posing
  Photo by C.N. of Wrecked Buildings and GERMAN soldiers in the Place de L'Univerite LIEGE, which leads to the banks of the Meuse - half page
  Photo by S & G of Captured GERMAN guns displayed in BELFORT in front of D'ANTONIN MERCIE'S 1870 Monument - half page
  Print of a painting by CHEVALIER MARTINO of a Destroyer in Action - full page
  Full page of photos from ELLIOTT & FRY, TOPICAL, RUSSELL, CRIBB, MAULL and FOX as follows - REAR ADMIRAL A.G.H.W. MOORE; The Scene of the HELIGOLAND Battle; COMMODORE R.Y. TYRWHITT; The GERMAN commerce-raider 'Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse' sunk off West Africa; H.M.S. Highflyer which sank the 'Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse'; COMMODORE R.J.B. KEYES; CAPTAIN H.R. BULLER; COMMODORE W.E. GOODENOUGH; REAR-ADMIRAL A.H. CHRISTIAN
  2 Full pages of photos from BIEBER, TOPICAL, LAFAYETTE, C.N., etc. as follows - GERMAN Belgian Governor GENERAL VON DER GOLTZ; BRITISH Commander against Togoland LIEUT COL F.C. BRYANT; A Shot spy in MONTREAL; AMERICANS in PARIS with huge Stars and Stripes; GERMAN prisoners in DORCHESTER; A wounded SCOTTISH Highlander; A wounded BRITISH cavalry sergeant; Wounded soldier in a motor car on the quay at BOULOGNE; Wounded BRITISH soldiers at HAVRE; Wounded BRITISH Officer at FOLKESTONE; A church in MONS; Royal Marines marching in OSTEND; OSTEND sands and bathing cabins with the BRITISH air ship 'Astra Torres' hovering above; The Hotel de Ville, MONS.
  2 photos of exploding mines at sea
  Print of a painting by JOHN ST. HELIER LANDER of GENERAL SIR PHILIP W. CHETWODE - full page
  Print of a sketch by NORMAN WILKINSON of The Sinking of the German Cruiser 'Mainz' at HELIGOLAND - double page
  Print of a sketch by A.C. MICHAEL entitled Dawn in the British Trenches - double page
  Full page of 6 photos of Zeppelin Bomb damage in ANTWERP
  Print of a drawing by ARTHUR HEWETT [eye witness] of a GERMAN Dirigible Bomb Dropper over ANTWERP Cathedral on the night of August 25th - full page
  Print of a drawing by ARTHUR WATTS of the dreaded COSSACK
  9 photos of INDIAN Lancers who fought with the BRITISH in France - full page
  2 pages of 11 photos as follows - Four photos of a GERMAN Parade through the streets of BRUSSELS; The shelled tower of St. Rombold, MALINES; Elevated view of LOUVAIN; Hotel de Ville, LOUVAIN; Leo XIII School, LOUVAIN; 2 photos of shelled public buildings in MALINES; Church of St. Pierre, LOUVAIN
  Article and photos of Camera-carrying Pigeons!
  6 photos as follows - LONGCHAMP Racecourse stocking fodder; Cattle grazing at LONGCHAMP; Destroyed buildings at WILLEBROECK; Wheat stored at ANTWERP Railway station; Sand bags on the WILLEBROECK Canal, ANTWERP; Funeral of 11 BRITISH Heligoland casualties [old tram alongside]
  15 photos in two pages as follows; JOHNNIE BOTHA; COUNT ZEPPELIN; LIEUTENANT DEANE; SIR ALFRED CODRINGTON; LIEUTENANT WESTMACOTT; LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BARTTELOT; Collectors House in TOVETA, EAST AFRICA; APIA, SAMOA; Soldier outside Buckingham Palace; The GERMAN Cruiser 'Ariadne'; The GERMAN Cruiser 'Magdeburg'; Four-times wounded BRITISH chauffeur; Wounded BRITISH soldiers at WATERLOO Station [2]; The Royal Scots Greys [2nd Dragoons] in the field.
  3 vehicle photos - A Clement-Talbot Ambulance; The Governor-General of Australia's Lanchester touring car; The Queen of Spain's Daimler

selection of the advertisements:

CARTERS Self-propelled invalid chairs
DUNVILLE'S Whisky
NEWTON, CHAMBERS Heating apparatus
DUNLOP
ENO'S Fruit salts
LOTUS Shoes for officers
KROPP Razor
MAGNUM Guns
CHAS. BAKER outfitters - Boys' school outfits

November 21st

• Lord Robert's Last Journey Home:
• The French Arm's Tribute
• Russia In Germany
• The Fighting That Saved Warsaw
• A Zeppelin Brought Down; A German Air-Dreadnought Wrecked
• The Great War (Photo Of A.D.C. To Sir John French, At The Front ; The Prince Of Wales)
• Great Guns: Germany's 42cm. The British 6-In. Howitzer
• "Bains De Siege" In Trenches And Imperial Sisters Of Mercy
• Full Page Drawing By Frederic Villiers - On Active Service: Bus-Loads Of British Infantry Hurrying To The Trenches To Fill The Gaps In The Armentieres-Ypres Line
• The War Ashore And Afloat; Siege, Arson And Sea Battle
• The Camera As Correspondent: Photographs From The Front
• The Best Loved Of British Soldiers: Lord Roberts Of Kandahar
• A Town Which Cost Germany 4000 Casualties: Dixmude
• Dead On The Field Of Honour: Officers Killed In Action
• A Dominant Factor In Modern War: Artillery
  

November 28th

• Where the Germans were flooded out: an inundated battlefield in a district to the south of Nieuport.
• "Frustrated by rapid manoeuvring": A Destroyer escapes a torpedo from a hunted submarine.
• The thin khaki line repels the Corps D'Elite of the German army: The defeat of the Prussian Guards.
  

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The Illustrated London News 1914 - some of my magazines

No.	Vol	Date	Price	HEADLINES	FRONT COVER	BACK COVER	Inside front Cover
3904	144	14/02/14	6d	mr Asquith and the home rule bill	Liberty	Sanatogen	Commander Seddons waterplane
3916	144	09/05/14	6d	The Royal Academy , Mawson Exhibition	State Express cigarettes	zam-buk	The loss of Lieut. Ninnis
3937	145	03/10/14	6d	The Battle of the Aisne	no ads (just a picture of a british submarine)	Chas Baker & co	a drawing by Caton Woodville of battle of Aisne
3938	145	10/10/14	6d	The Battle of the Aisne (again)	Ronuk polish (also a photo of 2 arabs/indians? On horses)	Peps	A German surrendering!!
3939	145	17/10/14	6d	The fall of Antwerp	State Express (also a photo of turbanned troops )	Glaxo Builds bonnie babies	The shelling of Rheims cathedral photo
3940	145	24/10/14	6d	Lieut general Sir Douglas Haig	UK Teas (also photo of manned naval guns)	Harlene	The "Emden" shells Madras
3944	145	21/11/14	6d	Illustrations from our war artists	UK Teas (&photoThe Sure Shied- firing 12 inch gun)	Wana ranee (the perfume of Ceylon)+ Beechams pills	Albert- King of the Belgians
3946	145	05/12/14	6d	Illustrations from our war artists	State Express (also a photo of indian troops)	Glaxo Builds bonnie babies	The Spahi exploit (moroccan cavalry)
3949	145	26/12/14	6d	The bombardment of the east coast (Scarborough+har	The Willet Light - Petrol Air gas (+ british artillery at front)	Dactylis perfume from Colgate & co.	a casemate battery on a german warship

 

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