As he staggered and fell he Said: "0, Lordy, don't shoot me anymore." I could not stop. I was shooting because I did not want to take chances on a
Churchill Concentrates British Fleet
Today's installment concludes Britain Prepares for World War I,our selection from The World Crisis, Vol. 1 by Winston S. Churchill published in
Hennepin’s Adventures
Hennepin ran to the canoe, and quickly returned with one of the men, both loaded with presents, which he threw into the midst of the
Churchill Issues Official Warning to Fleet
On this same day I obtained from the Cabinet the authority to put into force the ‘Precautionary Period’ regulations.Continuing Britain Prepares for
Britain’s Non-alliance With France
The fact that we should come in appeared so uncertain that it did not weigh as it should have done with the Germans.Continuing Britain Prepares for
Will Britain Enter WWI?
I will now examine the alternative question of whether more decided action by Sir Edward Grey at an early stage would have prevented the war. We must
First Cabinet Meetings on Crisis
The Cabinet was overwhelmingly pacific. At least three-quarters of its members were determined not to be drawn into a European quarrel.Continuing
It All Depended no the Czar
On Saturday afternoon the news came in that Serbia had accepted the ultimatum. I went to bed with a feeling things might blow over.Continuing
Mary Queen of Scots Beheaded
Today's installment concludes The Career of Mary Queen of Scots,our selection from Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 10 by Algernon Charles