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Title: The literary digest
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York : Funk & Wagnalls (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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seall-important. In the Falkland Islandsbattle the German cruiser Dresden es-caped owing to the sky becoming over-cast and cloudy as early as four in theafternoon. And in the Jutland fight^thegreatest in history thus far — torpedo-attacks upon our ships were favored b.\-low visibility, which also enabled enemyvessels to keep out of range. On that mighty day, as Admiral .T«llicoetold a meeting at the Albert Hall, theClerk of the Weather acted as he had sooften doni during the war—on the sideof the enemy. Of cours(> we are always likely to thinkthat the weather, like other unavoidablecircumstances, favors the other fellowStill, it did seem like meteorological pro-Germanism, that when, during the periodof air-raids on London, a moonless nightgave promise of immunity, a brilliantaurora betrayed the city to the Zeppelins.Did the Germans foreca.^t the NorthernLights? Anyhow, they started their la.<tgreat offensive in Manli. iii)p;irentl.\ The Literary Digest for March 29, 1919 89
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