A General Survey of the War
German advances northwest of Verdun force French withdrawal after two assaults that gained 300 yards of trenches. Crown Prince troops, reinforced, push further after nightfall. Other Verdun lines repulsed. Austrian forces near Asiago. Greek king’s palace guarded amidBulgarian drive. Demir-Hissar fortified. German storm seizes British position. prisoners reported. Verdun fighting continues with both sides claiming gains.
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Dead Man's Hill
Verdun
Paris
Asiago
Arsiero
Geneva
Athens
Demir-Hissar
War Office
Vaux
Germans drive French from Hill 304 area in France
Berlin says Germans renewed a two day bombardment and pushed the French east of Hill 304 south of Cumieres. Paris acknowledges a French first line trench was abandoned after shelling. Austria claims control of the Posina pass west of Arsiero in Italy. London reports two more British ships sunk.
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Cumieres
Teutons
Paris
London
Verdun Battle Rages With No German Advance
Front reports show sustained heavy fighting near Verdun with no German gains. The fiercest clashes shift southwest of the Meuse between Cumbres and Dead Man's Hill where German assaults were repulsed. Paris bulletin notes French capture of German trenches on a 433 yard front near the Dead Man. Asiago evacuated by Italians but hills to the west still held as Austrians press along Arsiero Asiago line.
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Verdun
Cumbres
Dead Man’s Hill
Meuse
Paris
Berlin
Verdun Battle Shifts as German Attacks Press French Lines
German forces renew vast assault near Verdun east of the Meuse, regain some ground in Douaumont area amid heavy infantry and artillery fighting. Paris reports enormous German losses as waves press French machine guns while Italian resistance halts Austrian effort at Arsiero with two generals among the dead. Petrograd notes a check of the Russian advance in Asia Minor as Turkish counteroffensive wanes.
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Verdun
Meuse
Douaumont
Paris
Arsiero
Posina
Naval losses mount as battleships sunk in Danish coast action
Four British losses in the great naval battle off Denmark leave three battle cruisers three armored cruisers and eight destroyers. German losses include the battleship Pommern and two light cruisers with Elbing also believed destroyed. At least six German destroyers went down and German casualties exceed two thousand. British admiralty cites two German dreadnoughts and a battle cruiser sunk, though Berlin does not confirm.
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Denmark
Berlin
Zillebeke
Ypres
British Navy claims North Sea battle victory and ship sinks
The British admiralty states a victory in the North Sea with eighteen German ships sunk, including four battleships. Verdun sees mixed progress as German drive wavers against French guns. Germany reports success near Cailliette wood and Damloup while capturing prisoners and machine guns. A British attempt to retake land near Ypres fails and a French attack near Full 804 is repulsed.
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North Sea
Verdun
Chick
Berlin
Caillette Wood
Damloup
Ypres
Flanders
Meuse
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