Peninsula Press. No. 84. Monday, October 18th, 1915. Official News [masthead]

Verlag: 'R.E. Printing Section, G.H.Q., M.E.F.', [Imbros], 1915

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[Imbros], 'R.E. Printing Section, G.H.Q., M.E.F.', 1915. A broadside (350 × 224 mm), printed in two columns (recto only). Inferior-quality acidic paper (now uniformly tanned) creased where folded down to pocket-size; expert conservation to a break across the centre, with minimal stabilisation to some marginal chips and tears; signs of age and use (including pencilled initials or similar in four places, and a small number of light oil spots); overall, a decent copy of a Gallipoli field newsletter, rare at the time, now almost unknown on the open market. 'Peninsula Press' began as a daily newsletter, with the first issue on 10 May 1915; it ceased with Number 96 on 10 January 1916. It was issued daily with few exceptions until 31 July, and approximately twice-weekly thereafter. It was printed on Imbros and issued to Allied troops in the Middle East by General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. One main aim was to counter the misinformation spread by 'furphies' or 'latrinograms'. 'As befitted its purpose as an official communication, the tone of the paper was always self-congratulatory and dismissive of the enemy. It was good propaganda writing . From early July 1915 a most significant change is noticeable in the "Peninsula Press". There was a marked reduction in comment on the Peninsular campaign in sharp contrast to the frequency of reference in earlier editions' (David Kent, 'Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society', December 1992). Most of the news in this issue is devoted to the weather, quoting liberally from the 'Westminster Gazette' on the climate of the Dardanelles. One paragraph forecasts 'there is always a snow blizzard or two, generally between January 20 and 25. These are real bad blizzards, which sometimes last from three to seven days'. The 'Westminster Gazette', quoting from a letter from a friend, has some advice for 'those who have relations or friends at the Dardanelles . let them send good strong warm stockings for the men besides the usual waistcoats and mufflers; and as for creature comforts, sweets, chocolate, and tobacco, especially cigarettes. It is the Turks who will suffer from the cold; they cannot stand it long, and being fed generally mainly on bread, they have no stamina to meet cold weather'. In the event, the blizzard came early, on 26 November, and troops on both sides suffered greatly, especially at Suvla Bay. Charles Bean records that the newsletter 'was posted at the headquarters of many units, as well as on the Beach, the troops crowding to read it' ('Official History', Volume 1). Oliver Hogue, in 'Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles' (London, 1916) writes as one of those troops: 'That "Peninsula Press", little thing though it was, used to be read and re-read till we could almost repeat all its contents word for word. It gave us the war news on all fronts in a nutshell'. The survival rate of these pieces of paper under such circumstances cannot have been high, an observation borne out by their rarity in collecting institutions in Australia and New Zealand - and there appears to be no complete set. A copy of Number 85 (26 October 1915) in the Australian War Memorial has the following note written on it: 'HQ 6th Inf. Bde. Dear Dad, Keep this as a memento of the Dardanelles. This is our field newspaper. From your affectionate son, Bill'. On the verso is an additional note: 'These "Peninsula Press" are real hard to get hold of, but I managed to get it off the notice board today. I have already sent one of these to Bob. I should advise you to keep it. Yours, Bill' (research notes by Stuart Braga). Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill.…

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Bibliografische Details

Titel
Peninsula Press. No. 84. Monday, October 18th, 1915. Official News [masthead]
Autor
[Peninsula Press]
Verlag
'R.E. Printing Section, G.H.Q., M.E.F.', [Imbros]
Erscheinungsjahr
1915
Zustand
Fair
Verkäuferkataloge
Australia, First World War, Militaria

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