6 December: Difference between revisions

Western Front	Long-distance (22 miles?) bombardment of Dunkirk by the Germans.
Eastern Front	Poland: Russians evacuate Lodz and withdraw towards the Bzura-Ravka lines.
Southern Front	Serbia: Austrians in disorderly flight from the Ridges towards the frontier.
Naval and Overseas Operations	Damaged German submarine SM U16 enters Esbjerg Harbour (Denmark).
Political Pope Benedict XV tries to bring about a Christmas Truce.

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-==1914==
+==[[1914]] (Sunday)==
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-===Western Front===
+|-
-*Long-distance (22 miles?) [[bombardment]] of [[Dunkirk]] by the Germans.
-===Eastern Front===
+|'''Western Front'''
+|Long-distance (22 miles?) [[bombardment]] of [[Dunkirk]] by the Germans.
-*[[Poland]]: Russians evacuate [[Lodz]] and withdraw towards the [[Bzura]]-Ravka lines.
+|-
-===Southern Front===
+|'''Eastern Front'''
-*[[Serbia]]: Austrians in disorderly flight from the Ridges towards the frontier.
+|[[Poland]]: Russians evacuate [[Lodz]] and withdraw towards the [[Bzura (river)|Bzura]]-[[Ravka (river)|Ravka]] lines.
-===Naval and Overseas Operations===
+|-
-*Damaged German submarine {{SMU|U16}} enters Esbjerg Harbour (Denmark).
+|'''Southern Front'''
-===Political===
+|[[Serbia]]: Austrians in disorderly flight from the Ridges towards the frontier.
-*[[Pope Benedict XV]] tries to bring about a Christmas Truce.
+|-
+|'''Naval and Overseas Operations'''
-==References/notes==
+|Damaged German submarine {{SMU|U16}} enters Esbjerg Harbour (Denmark).
-{{Gleichen-123}}
+|-
-{{reflist}}
+|'''Political'''
-<noinclude>
+[[Pope Benedict XV]] tries to bring about a Christmas Truce.
+|}
+<!--{{notes}}{{refs}}-->
+<noinclude>{{sources}}
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 </noinclude>
+{{timeline styles}}