The German advance into France was looking increasingly serious, despite “the Allies … falling back methodically and in good order,” and Paris was now reported to be bracing itself for a second siege, just 43 years after the Germans last attacked the city – page 7 . As a result the French Government removed itself to Bordeaux, and this was reported as being for “purely military reasons.”

Meanwhile the casualty list was rising, and now men from the ranks were listed as well as officers ( page 7 ). Pictures of more of the latter could again be found in the paper – this time on page 10 .

- Another vessel of the Royal Navy is sunk after hitting a mine in the North Sea, in this case HMS Speedy – page 7

- Suffragette Christobel Pankhurst returns to England after an absence of two and a half years to lend her energies to the war effort – page 8

- Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa is elected Pope and takes the name Benedict XV – page 9. This election has caused “the bewilderment of the whole Catholic community” according to our leader, which is almost as lengthy as the news reports, on page 6. A not very good photo of the new pontiff can be found on page 5.

- “Strange Times in the Manchester of Russia” are reported on page 10. The city qualifying for this description turns out to be Lodz.