French Drive In Alsace Activate Major Offensive
London reports German raids on Dunkirk were repulsed by French batteries as airships and Zeppelins approached the coast. General Joffre has massed about 100000 troops in upper Alsace and Lorraine advancing on Muelhausen from three directions. French forces push toward Belfort and engage German lines in Mogelle and Lorraine while capturing trench positions in Woevre near Flirey.
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London
Dunkirk
Dover
Eng
Daily Mall
France
French
aTavelines
England
the Times
Flandera
Calais
Gravelines
Joseph Joffre
Alsace
Lorraine
Muelhausen
Mogelle
Metz
Belfort
Freggh
Woevre
Flirey
War bulletins from the Western Front report gains and artillery fighting
Official statements indicate British patrols advancing near Heuse and German heavy guns moving to Heyst while French forces repulse attacks near Lille and Watwiler. Artillery duels persist between the Somme and Aisne and in the Argonne with limited enemy counterattacks. The German press notes English and French actions in the western arena.
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Vesta
Meune
St. Mihiel
Heuse
iCourtrai
Belgium
Heyst
Belgian
French War Office
Lys
Dunkirk
Zillebeke
Dixmude
Lille
Somme
Aisne
Rheims
Alker
Argonne
Verdun
Woevre
Fil Rey
Steinbach
Watwiler
Kolschlage
Althirch
Berlin
Czar Begins Great War Drive in Poland and Caucasus
Petrograd reports Grand Duke Nicholas launching new attacks in North Poland threatening Mlawa, with fresh Russian forces pouring in from the Baltic to Transylvania. Weather and mud stall German plans as Turkish losses in the Caucasus claim up to 60,000 men captured or killed. Russian troops push in Arras and Argonne trench warfare with limited casualties.
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Petrograd
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Poland
Mlawa
von Hindenburg
Baltic
Transylvania
Hungary
Warsaw
Matebal von Hindenburg
Berlin
Jan
Tageblatt
Gaya
Neu Sandec
Russian
Nids
London
Morning Post
Caucasus
Caucasian
Russia
Usaie
Sart Kamysh
Kara
Ninth
Erzerum
Van
Ninth Army Corps
Ished Pasha
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