WW1 Rumours June 7, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary , trackback
Here are some more in the rumours series. Tales of international and sometimes local politics that relate or that are easily connected to the events of WW1. Beach did these at the same time as rumours for WW2 (another post another day). No question, WW1 rumours or those that the press deign to publish are far more colourful than their WW2 equivalents.
7 Aug 1913: Rumour that Sir Edward Carson is to be arrested! [Bel Weekly News]
13 Mar 1914 Rumour that Irish cattle disease had been introduced by outsiders [Liv Daily Post]
28 Mar 1914 Strange rumours about the democratization of the British army [Birm Mail]
2 Jul 1914: Chamberlain to resign.
5 Aug 1914 Sea battle between Britain and Germany in which German battleships sunk [Surrey Adv]
7 Aug 1914: British cabinet decides for conscription [Derby Tel]
8 Aug 1914: Norfolk being shelled by Germans [Daily Mirr]
23 Aug 1914 US to protect Brussels [Sheff Independent]
12 Sep 1914: British army advancing through Flanders [Dublin Daily]
16 Sep 1914 The Kaiser accidentally strays into French lines [Hull Daily]
17 Sep 1914: Massive numbers of Pacific troops passing through Canada towards Britain [Sund Echo]
23 nov 1914 Netherlands to be used as launch for invasion of Britain [Ed Eve News]
28 Nov 1914 Kircaldy (small Scottish town) about to be invaded by Germans [fife Adve]
4 Dec 1914: Kaiser offers France lost provinces and five billion for peace [Leamington Spa]
9 Jun 1915: A million British men declared unfit for service [Leeds Merc]
14 Aug 1915: Germans conscript women for Amazon army! [Fife]
31 Jul 1915: Germans building retreat works to leave Arras [Chester Chron]
15 Feb 1916: British troops land in northern Germany [Not Eve Post]
24 Apr 1916: Britain uses Holland to land troops in Germany’s rear [Birm Daily Post]
10 Jun 1916: Kitchener survives the sinking! [Bexhill]
3 Mar 1917: Internal dissension in Russia, ahem! [Leeds Merc]
21 Mar 1917: Revolution in Germany [Aber Eve]
14 Apr 1917: US and Austria to make peace apart [Birm Gaz]
22 May 1918: Hindenberg dead [Aberd]
15 Jun 1917: Austria and Germany to go to war with each other [Dail Record]
6 Jul 1918: Archduke Johann Orth did not die at sea! [Sheff Weekly]
7 Jul 1918: New Joan of Arc in France [Sun Mirror]
27 Nov 1918: Communists will drive pope out of Rome [She Indep]
Well, a few of these did not do so badly: more problems of chronology than fact. Any other WW1 rumours? drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com
18 Jun 2017: Kevin writes ‘I thought you might get a kick out of this item. The link is to high-resolution images of a promotional newspaper, circa 1917, for the sale of Victory bonds. Produced in Canada, the “Victory Telegraph” contains several “fake news” stories about the invasion of Canada by Germany. While not rumors per se, the articles do take a serious tone and are written essentially as speculative fiction. One element I found tickled the imagination was where the authors describe the “wireless energy” that the Germans used to power their invasion.’
