Showing posts with label Curragh Mutiny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Curragh Mutiny. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Wednesday, March 25, 1914. Villa repulsed.

According to the Cheyenne paper, Villa had suffered a set back.


The same paper showed that Wyomingites were slamming Democrats as far back as that, and even earlier.

Also in that issue, some interesting items showing how local agriculture was.


And then there was this interesting item:


The Laramie paper was reporting on the distress in the British defense posture. We know, of course, what they did not, that they were on the eve of war.


Last prior edition:

Monday, March 23, 1914. Doubts about Roosevelt's fate on the River of Doubt.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Friday, March 20, 1914. The Curragh Muntiny

The Curragh Mutiny saw British Army officers stationed at Curragh Camp, Ireland resign their commissions rather than face being ordered to resist the Ulster Volunteers, should the Home Rule Bill pass.

It was a rare example of something like this working, in that the British government backed down, and they were reinstated.

"The Sunny South".

Pancho Villa sent 12,000 troops to recapture Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico from 9,000 federal troops stationed in the city.


Panama-Pacific International Exposition--San Francisco, Calif., construction.