Alsatian Town Steinbach Taken by French Forces
London reports French troops captured Steinbach in Alsace a key heights position between Thann and Sennheim after heavy artillery and infantry attacks. Allied forces secured nearby Alt Kirch while fighting along the Argonne and Lorraine fronts continues with fierce combat and shifting gains.
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London
Argonne
Alsace
Lorraine
Steinbach
Thann
Sennheim
Berlin
Paris
Teutons
Altkirch
Mudhausen
France
Flanders
North Sea
Oise
Cernay
Germans Gain Ground Near Steinbach and Crest of Meuse Front
German and Allied reports describe heavy artillery exchanges across multiple fronts. German forces captured Steinbach, while Allied counterattacks recaptured heights west of Sennheim and defended Lepetre, Meuse, and Alsace positions amid persistent bombardment and village fighting.
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Cernay
Orne
Noulettes
Lons
Aisne
Champagne
Perthes
Meusail-les- Hurlus
Rheims
Argonne
Meuse
Pourcailles
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Pont-a-Mousson
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Thorn
Sennheim
Metnback
Czar Repulses German Drive in Galicia Front
Russian general staff reports strong artillery fighting along the Vistula front and repulsed German attempts near Bzura. A hand to hand bayonet action killed hundreds, with Germans surrendering. Austrians retreating as Russians press in Bukowina and Galicia amid pestilence at Przemysl.
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Petrograd
Poland
Galicia
Vistula
Bsura
Bzura
Kozlotti and
Biskeup
Jen
Borsimow
Polimow
Cracow
London
The
Daily Mail
Francis
Warsaw
Count Tarnoffski
Rome
German Submarine Lost After Sinking British Ship
Berlin reports a German submarine sank the British battleship Formidable with two torpedoes and was sunk hours later by a mine. All hands on the German submarine reportedly perished. Admiralty offers no official confirmation.
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