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Old 05-14-15, 10:02 AM   #782
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May 14:

London: On May 12th retired Colonel Charles Repington sent a dispatch from the front to The Times, citing lack of an adequate supply of artillery shells as the cause of the loss of the battle of Aubers Ridge on the 9th. This dispatch is published on the 14th, leading to disastrous consequenses for the current British government.
http://extras.thetimes.co.uk/public/...telegrams.html



Syria: The special train carrying Hellmuth von Mücke and his men arrives in Damascus.
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