Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1914-09-26
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note: St" Vol. XII, No. j/f The Week fl British Columbia Newspaper and Review The Official Organ of the Victoria Real Estate Exchange Victoria, B, C, Canada, Sept. 26th, 1914 5c. a copy, $2.00 a year rr The Supreme Sacrifice HERE is not a man nor a woman in British Columbia I whose sympathy will not go out to our veteran Navy j -*- Leaguer, Mr. Clive Phillipps Wolley, who has just been ! called upon to make the supreme sacrifice in the gift of his only son to the service of the Empire. There are thousands outside British Columbia who will re-echo this sentiment, for the fame of Mr. Wolley and his patriotic work is in some of its aspects Empire-wide. Terrible as the loss will be to a father whose hopes "wcre wrapped up in the career of his son, one can feel assured that if the call had to come it could have come in no friendlier guise. As a gentleman, a patriot and a Christian Mr. Wolley will be well fortified to sustain even such a loss, and he would be less than human if hc were hot comforted and strengthened by the assurance that his sorrow is shared by the many who know and appreciate his sterling character and his invaluable services. Progress of the War THE latest report of Sir John French, published yesterday, brings the incidents of the war in France up to the 22nd, .and confirms the meagre details which have leaked out day by day to the effect that both armies are practically entrenched along a front of more than a hundred miles; that the battle has [ becn continuous with no marked successes on either side, that there had been a little give and take here and there, with the Germans maintaining a very strong centre, and that on the Allies' left a decided turning movement was developing which culminated on Thursday in the capture of Pennine, and which gave hope of enveloping the German right Hank. The most favourable aspect of thc report is to lie found in the renewed confidence of Sir John French and General Joffre. They appear to have no anxiety as to thc ultimate…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) ; The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) ; "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) ; publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0373769
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text