Illustrated London News 1914

May 1914 - Making her last Port: The "Majestic" once the largest transatlantic liner (55,000 tons)
entering the ship-breakers' yard at Morecambe

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

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

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

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

**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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