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

  • Fighting in nearby Waterloo forces Belgian government to abandon Brussels and move to Antwerp [where my maternal grandparents are living at the time, children of 10 and 14].
  • German victory in Liège is complete.
  • Editorial on how the war has overshadowed the amazing accomplishment of the Panama Canal.\240

http://www.britishcolonist.ca/dateList.php?year=1914


Source: http://www.mbarrick.com/blog/140819/daily-colonist-august-19-1914

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