Down the years: River level falls amid calls for action by governments

100 years ago EUROPEAN NEWS: Influenza is steadily waning. The daily death toll in London is 154, compared with 942 a month ago. The total deaths in the United Kingdom from the malady is 110,000. It is officially stated that approximately 100,000 Italian prisoners died in Austria-Germany from starvation, cold and ill-treatment. A French battalion […]

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