The Parisian
Paper Figaro states
How Italian cavalry,
Had clashed with
the Austrians -
Close to the
frontier.
The result being
a large loss of life -
The Austrian army
had
Been pushed back
by Italy forces.
Sky duels had
seen the French,
Dominate in
fights
With German
aviators - to see
Hazardous
acrobatics,
As in one chase,
a French flyer
Shot an observer
and pilot.
About Dardanelles,
preparations
Began water
activities,
As Troops moved
by British ships -
Along with the
loss
Of a submarine
and capturing
Nearly all the crew
-
Into the hands of
the Turkish.
While unofficial
reports state,
How Italian army
Are starting to
concentrate,
And gather force
On mass, in
readiness to occupy
Important positions.
Moving Eastwards
to Mesopotamia
Where Turk
presence
Was repelled - to
be pushed back -
To lose their
positions;
While a loss of
many soldiers
Were on both
sides.
In the war's
eastern borders,
Russians hold
onto
Strategic places,
to prove
Their superiority
In the
Carpathians, against more
Reinforcements
Of Austrian-Germany
armies.
Meanwhile,
growing anger rises
In Holland, as
Dutch
Vessels were
being sunk - in open
Deliberate
provocation
By German nation
for reprisals -
To draw in
another
Country into the
European war -
Possibly to treat
With equal
disregard as Belgium.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915.
The War....259th Day of the War. The Thames Star, [online]
19
Apr. P.4. Col.5-6. Available
at: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=THS19150419.2.20&e
[Accessed: 19 April 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 19 April 2015).
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