Top stories published by Century Magazine in February of 2015

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David Hargreaves in Century Magazine

Feb 15, 2015

Oh Tiber! Father Tiber!

For the British — or rather for its architects of grand strategy — this week marked the first time since the retreat from Mons began in August that there lay a chance of victory. If the campaign succeeded, Constantinople would have been captured, and Turkey knocked out of the war. Vital…

David Hargreaves in Century Magazine

Feb 22, 2015

The single life

THE RUMOUR MILL was in overdrive this week. The Daily Express claimed to have found conclusive evidence that letters sent home by British prisoners of war were being devilishly altered by so-called ‘censors’ in an effort to sow distrust and despondency.

David Hargreaves in Century Magazine

Feb 1, 2015

Brides in the bath

A week of local fighting on the Western Front was in sharp contrast to great lurching movements in the east. The Turks made an unsuccessful foray to capture the Suez Canal while, within Britain, fear of Zeppelin attacks continued to exercise the local population.

David Hargreaves in Century Magazine

Feb 8, 2015

Glorious food

The character of fighting on the Western Front during the week stayed local, but it continued to consume scores of young lives. The British Government became increasingly concerned: on the present reckoning, the day was approaching when they would no longer have the manpower to continue the struggle.