#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• King of Belgium makes a Christmas dispatch from the front with his troops praising the Belgian army and thanking Americans for their relief work in occupied Belgium.
• The…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• News from all fronts is along the same lines as usual—heavy fighting with no appreciable gains or losses. Summary includes the Western Front, Russian and Eastern…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• A couple of big headlines about the European fronts, but this pretty much sums it up, "The day of December 20 brought nothing of importance...." Snow and cold is…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

• Pictures of the Scandinavian kings that held a conference in Sweden to align their foreign policies and an article about the conference and it's significance to…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

[The freaking-out over the German shelling of three English coastal cities is now over, and the news has returned to "normal". The news from the western front is the…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

News of the shelling of the English coast dominates the front page again, but not as entirely as yesterday. 

• Pictures of specific buildings damaged in the attack…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

BIG deal today: "For the first time in centuries, England has been stuck by a foe." German ships shelled the English ports of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

A quick skim over the headlines would have you thinking the war was going extremely well for the Allies, for example:

• "Now Stronger Than Germans" - Claims that Allies…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Germans planning to establish submarine base at Zeebrugge (the port city of Bruges/Brugge) for the purpose of attacking England.
• Recruitment rates in St. John's…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Despite heavy fighting, little change in battle lines on all fronts, all sides claiming minor victories.
• The Pope has failed to broker an official Christmas truce…