There were more insights into the war from Mancunians writing home .
Bernard Warmsley, an old choir boy of St Chad’s Ladybarn was serving on HMS Falmouth when it sunk the Mainz off Heligoland and described the pitiful sight of men in the water struggling for life.
There, he added, had been much dissatisfaction amongs the the ships company about the sinking.s
A mother in Old Trafford had received a letter from her son at the front thanking her for some ointment that she had sent to him which was allying the itching of the many bites he had received:
“People say this war will soon be over but it will surprise me if we are at home before 1916…. I am dead beat, this being the tenth day of fighting without any stopping.I don’t know what day it is or the date”
The Manchester Evening News announced the death of a veteran of the Indian mutiny, 81 year old John Dudley. He lived in Gorton and had been a gunner in the royal artillery with 22 years service.
The football season was still in full swing, with fixtures over the weekend seeing both Manchester clubs winning, United beating Sunderland 3-0 and City with a one nil win against Blackburn.
