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Great War events that took place on 1 September.
1914 (Tuesday)
| Western Front | ▶ Action at Villers-Cotterets: British 4th (Guards) Brigade checks German advance. | ▶ Soissons bombarded and occupied by Germans. |
| Eastern Front | ▶ East Prussia: General Russian withdrawal towards the Bug. | ▶ Galicia: Battle of Lemberg goes against the Austrians. |
| Political | Russia: St. Petersburg renamed "Petrograd" |
1915 (Wednesday)
| Eastern Front | ▶ Germans storm Grodno. | ▶ Austrians enter Brody. | ▶ Russians concentrate round Vilna. |
| Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres | Island of Ruad (between Latakia and Tripoli, Syria) is occupied by the French. | ||
| Political | Serbia replies to communication of the Entente Powers, re settlement of Balkan question. | ▶ German acceptance of American demands re submarine warfare communicated by Count Bernstorff.[a] |
Notes
- ↑ Germany states: "Liners will not be sunk by our submarines without warning and without ensuring the lives of non-combatants, provided that the liners do not try to escape or offer resistance." Question of reparation left for further discussion.
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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Images come from scans or photographs of original sources, Wikimedia Commons, and the Imperial War Museum's online collections under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. Attribution is given separately to the latter and do not come under the general licence of this site.
Advisory note: The information in these sources may not accurately represent up-to-date histories, present-day spelling of place names, or geographical boundaries. In some instances the language used may appear sexist or derogatory to the modern reader, and in rare cases, images may depict distressing scenes.
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