The news reaching Manchester this morning was of three British cruisers sank in the North Sea by German submarines.
Reports from the scene about survivors were sketchy , one ship the Aboukir, went down in six minutes and only 48 of her compliment of 843 had been saved.
However from the other two boats the Cressy and the Hogue, between two to three hundred had been saved.
A song written by two Manchester artists had been well reviewed in London.
We’re all plain civilians by Foden Williams and Ernest Hastings got tumultuous applause as it was performed.
We are all just plain civilians
Taken from the warehouse and the banks
Raw recruits are we
Still we mean to be
Ready to fill the gaps in the ranks were just plain civilians
but comrades staunch and true
Show your hearts not in our boots
Come and join the new recruits
For England wants you
It was reported that the great battle on the Aisne was drawing to a close and the Germans will be unable to resist for much longer
And it was announced that British airman had flown over Germany and destroyed a zeppelin factory.
