Good Old Days 08-15-14

Compiled By The Sidney Sun-Telegraph Staff

These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons.

100 YEARS AGO

August 15, 1914

'Battle Still On Near Liege'

The first general engagement of the war began when Germany hurried the great central army of the Moselle into France. The Germans, numbering more than 400,000 men, are opposed by the central force of the French army, composed of 500,000 calvary, infantry and artillery. These two great armies are engaged in a series of engagements along a battl...