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Great War events that took place on 13 September.

1914 (Sunday)

Western Front	▶  Allies recover Soissons and force the passage of the Aisne there.	▶  Amiens recovered by the French.	▶  Germans begin to drive the Belgians back into Antwerp; Battle along line Aerschot-Malines.
Eastern Front	East Prussia: Russians turn on their pursuers and defeat them at Sredniki near the Niemen.
Southern Front	Serbians and Austrians fighting in both Serbia and Syrmia.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres	Tsing-tau: Japanese capture the railway at Kiao-chau town.
Naval and Overseas Operations	▶  Solomon Islands: Australian troops capture Bougainville.	▶  German cruiser SMS Hela is sunk by British submarine HMS E9.
Political	Germany: Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg's reply to Mr. Asquith's Guildhall speech of 4 September published.

Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War On This Day and its associated Index.

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