Threat to Kill Hostages; Suez Canal the Target. Britannia Still Rules the Waves. Special to The Great War Project (8-9 December) The Turks are now taking action against allied citizens, among them diplomatic personnel, living in outposts of the Ottoman Empire. By this time a century ago, writes historian Sean McMeekin… …hundreds of English, French, and…
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THE DEADLY WAR AT SEA
by Mike Shuster
First British Naval Defeat in a Century; No Port is Safe. Special to The Great War Project (8-9 November) The war at sea is spreading and rapidly claiming more lives. The Indian Ocean is the battleground. On November 9th a hundred years ago, writes historian Martin Gilbert, the first Australian wartime naval encounter takes place…