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Belgian Front Shifts as German Cavalry Near Brussels
Reports from London and Paris recount German cavalry at Wavre near Brussels and fighting spread along the front. Berlin’s Kaiser travels toward Mainz as French and Russian forces push into Alsace and Lorraine, with Belgian and Montenegrin actions widening the war’s theater.
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Brussels
London
Belgium
Antwerp
Mainz
Luxemburg
France
Mosselle
Verdun
Toul
Berlin
Diest
Haelen
Dinant
Yvok
Mulhausen
Army of the
Paris
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
War Office
Avricourt
Schirmeck
German Lorraine
Strassburg
Muhlbach
Molsheim
Place de la Concorde