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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
3
A compact wartime chronology describes the Western Front from September through spring. It notes German advances after the Marne, the Aisne–Oise siege pattern, battles at Mons Charleroi Ypres and Verdun sectors, major losses, and spring offensives including Hartmannsweilerkopf and Neuve Chapelle with British actions noted.
French forces fall back to the Marne line while Paris garrison rides to strike Von Kluck on his flank. Foch attacks from the Verdun zone and the German retreat forms along a line north of the Aisne to the sea. Gas attacks near Ypres and heavy combat around Soissons and the Labyrinth plague allied efforts as Poland tides shape 1914 campaigns.
A long wartime chronology outlines major actions from June 1914 through July 1920 detailing assassinations, declarations of war, battles, occupations, naval actions, and key dates. It lists Austrian, German, British, French, Russian, Italian, Turkish, and Japanese moves, with national casualties and the first year cost totaling about 16.5 billion dollars.
The text details a sweeping German offensive across East Prussia Galicia and Poland. Von Hindenburg defeats Samsonoff and Rennenkampf, Russians push into Galicia and Hungary, with Grodek Lemberg Przemysl and Warsaw threatened by a vast German campaign from Prussia to the Vistula. Numerous battles mark a high tide of invasion.
A condensed account of the first year of World War I on the Eastern Front. It covers German and Austrian advances into Russia, Russian counteroffensives, key engagements at Gumbinnen Lodz and Warsaw, and heavy casualties as both sides struggled for strategic advantage.
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