The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915Various
History
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915
Various
World War, 1914-1918
Sept. 4--Germans neglect Paris and move eastward; German right wing
reported checked and driven back to St. Quentin; Allies driven back
behind Conde; Germans move toward Verdun; Germans bombard Termonde;
fighting in Alost.
Sept. 5--Germans take Rheims and three forts at Maubeuge; Belgians trap
Germans in flooded area near Malines; Germans take Termonde; Germans
abandon attack on Belfort.
Sept. 6--German right wing checked near Paris; Kaiser directs attack on
Nancy; account made public of evacuation of Senlis and Chantilly.
Sept. 7--It is now plain that the German march on Paris has been
deflected; Allies force Germans back in 160-mile battle from
Nanteuil-le-Hardouin to Verdun and report defeat of Crown Prince's army;
Germans defeat Belgians near Melle and march to occupy Ghent; repulsed
at Capelle-au-Bois.
Sept. 8--British push German right over the Marne; French win on the
Ourcq; fighting at Vitry.
Sept. 9--Germans claim capture of Maubeuge; British cross the Marne;
Germans fall back; have evacuated Upper Alsace.
Sept. 10--Gen. von Stein admits defeat by Allies; Belgians reoccupy
Termonde, Aerschot, and Diest; French join British across Marne in
pursuing Germans; fighting near Vitry and other points in centre.
Sept. 11--German line west of Revigny retreats, but captures fort near
Verdun; Gen. Pau seizes German supply train; account given out of battle
at Meaux; British report annihilation of German Jaeger regiment; French
deny fall of Maubeuege and recapture Muelhausen; Germans march south from
Ghent, Belgians in pursuit.
Sept. 12--Belgians cut German Army in two by victory at Cortenberg;
whole German line in France retreats, Luneville retaken; Belgians
repulse German sortie at Louvain and advance on Brussels.
Sept. 13--Germans repulsed at Nancy and Luneville, evacuate Amiens, lose
Revigny and Brabant-le-Roi; Crown Prince's Army threatened; fighting at
Louvain and Malines; heavy fighting at Bortzy; battle between Thann and
Sennheim.
Sept. 14--Amiens reoccupied by French; Fort of Troyon relieved; Germans
make stand on the Aisne; Germans lay waste to Senlis.
Sept. 15--German Crown Prince's army driven back to the Orne; French
reoccupy Rheims; fighting on the Aisne; new intrenched positions taken
by German armies; La Ferte ransacked by Germans; Franco-Belgian
successes at Alost and Rousbrugge.
Sept. 16--New battle on from Noyon to Verdun; army from Douen is
circling von Kluck's corps; Germans move nearer Antwerp.
Sept. 17--German Army strengthened between Berry-au-Bac and Argonne;
French advance in Woevre district; deadlock on right flank; Belgians
repulse attack on Termonde.
Sept. 18--Germans complete bombardment of Termonde; now known that
Maubeuge has fallen; Allies' left advances six miles; Germans report
gain in centre; Germans intrench on the Sambre; Germans send scouting
parties into Belgium.
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