Germans Rally for Last Stand North of Rheims in World War I
German forces halt bombardment near Verdun as French progress threatens a withdrawal. Crown Prince’s army shifts HQ toward Montfaucon amid fears of entrapment by Verdun garrison and advancing French troops. Two German armies appear out of direct danger while others face encirclement.
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Rheims
Aisne
France
Mezieres-St. Quentin
Forest of
Argonne
Verdun
Toul
Troyon
Liege
Namur
Meuse
Crown Prince
Aire River
St. Menehoul
Montfaucon
Duke of
von Kluck
Laon
Belgium
Severa
Great Britain
Antwerp
Brussels
Malines
Louvain
Birdseye
Paris
Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
Ste. Menenhould
Amiens
Sarreburg
Mulhausen
Retreat and routed German armies threaten French frontier
British and French forces pursue near the Aisne as German right and center retreat from Lorraine and the Vosges. Von Kluck and Von Buelow conduct a masterly retreat toward Metz and Strassburg, while Belgian, Russian, and Austrian fronts shift the balance as Allied forces press along the Aisne and Mezieres front.
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Eral von Heeringen
Bavaria
Lorraine
Vosges
Alsace
Mulhausen
Colmar
Metz
Strassburg
Aisne
Rheims
von Kluck
von Buelow
Battle of Lemberg Claimed. Austro forces gain ground
Wireless dispatch from Count von Berchtold reports the battle of Lemberg a success with Austro Hungarian troops along the Grodek road pushing back Russians for five days. Ten thousand Russians and many guns captured but northern flank near Rawa Ruska endangered by large Russian forces and new Russian troops marching toward General Dankl. Armies regroup after three days with little rest to prepare for new actions.
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Manchester
Mass
Konstantin Theodor Dumba
United States
Count von Berchtold
Vienna
Lemberg
Grodek Road
Rawa Ruska
Dankl
Russians Now in Bukowina Invasion Report From Petrograd
Despatch from Petrograd via Havas Agency says Russian invasion of Bukowina proceeds unopposed with Austrian victory placards seen. German fortifications around Kalisz in Russian Poland named Grossgarten. Minor eastern Prussia operations described as routine, with a recent Russian advance at Tchestokhove.
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Paris
Petrograd
Havas
Bukowina
Hungary
Kalisz
Russian Poland
Grossgarten
Prussia
Tchestokhove
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Pau
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Posen
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Peronne
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Ghent
Rethel
Yrheims
ANT Ntwerpbelgians
Akov
Malines Zzemawi
Meus
Montmedy
Stiege
Longwy
Jomeny
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Nancys
Epinal
Imetz
Aix LA Chapelle
Ithanny
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Shepard Norwell Company
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Boston
Fort Hill
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